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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300151179
ISBN-139780300151176
eBay Product ID (ePID)71104401
Product Key Features
Book TitleComanche Empire
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLatin America / Mexico, United States / 19th Century, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native American
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorPekka Hamalainen
Book SeriesThe LaMar Series in Western History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight22 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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SynopsisA groundbreaking history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Comanche empire In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history. This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. It is a story that challenges the idea of indigenous peoples as victims of European expansion and offers a new model for the history of colonial expansion, colonial frontiers, and Native-European relations in North America and elsewhere. Pekka H m l inen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875. With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches' remarkable impact on the trajectory of history., From the author of Lakota America , an award-winning history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Comanche empire "Cutting-edge revisionist western history."--Larry McMurtry, New York Review of Books "A landmark study that will make readers see the history of southwestern America in an entirely new way."--David J. Weber, author of Bárbaros In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet until now the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history. This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. It is a story that challenges the idea of Indigenous peoples as victims of European expansion and offers a new model for the history of colonial expansion, colonial frontiers, and Native-European relations in North America and elsewhere. Pekka Hämäläinen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875. With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches' remarkable impact on the trajectory of history.
LC Classification NumberE99.C85H27 2009
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- 09. Jun. 2020
A superior history of a little-known and fascinating people
This book covers the fascinating rise and fall of the Comanche nation in the 1700s and 1800s. In place of the usual eurocentric approach of portraying natives as forced to adjust by colonial empires, it covers the growth of a native empire that constantly forced its own terms on Spain. It is a detailed academic work, but the writing is fluid, the details are colorful, and the subject matter was little-known and gripping. I certainly learned a lot and enjoyed the process. It is an excellent book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 18. Jun. 2023
Best researched work on Comanches that I have seen. Period!
The most in depth and well researched work I have seen on a tribe that controlled a vast amount of territory with relatively few people, and of warriors fierce enough to drive out the Apache from their occupied lands.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 18. Feb. 2016
Native American History
This is a must have for anyone that is interested in Native American history.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
