The Comanche empire [[electronic resource] /] / Pekka Hämäläinen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457095503321
• Autore: Hämäläinen Pekka <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-08943-9; 1-282-08942-0; 9786612089428; 9786612089435; 0-300-14513-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (509 p.)
• Collana: Lamar series in western history
• Disciplina: 978.004/974572
• Soggetti: Comanche Indians - History; Comanche Indians - Government relations; Electronic books.; United States History 19th century; Mexico History To 1810
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-474) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Reversed Colonialism -- ; 1. Conquest -- ; 2. New Order -- ; 3. The Embrace -- ; 4. The Empire of the Plains -- ; 5. Greater Comanchería -- ; 6. Children of the Sun -- ; 7. Hunger -- ; 8. Collapse -- Conclusion : the Shape of Power -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.