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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780641303321

Autore

Hämäläinen Pekka <1967->

Titolo

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

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

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.