04068nam 2200829Ia 450 991045709550332120200520144314.01-282-08943-91-282-08942-0978661208942897866120894350-300-14513-610.12987/9780300145137(CKB)2430000000010742(EBL)3420611(SSID)ssj0000292007(PQKBManifestationID)11245955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292007(PQKBWorkID)10256402(PQKB)10299742(SSID)ssj0000292008(PQKBManifestationID)12063460(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292008(PQKBWorkID)10255723(PQKB)11477801(MiAaPQ)EBC3420611(DE-B1597)485123(OCoLC)746471293(DE-B1597)9780300145137(MiAaPQ)EBC4978841(Au-PeEL)EBL3420611(CaPaEBR)ebr10348508(CaONFJC)MIL208942(OCoLC)923595067(Au-PeEL)EBL4978841(CaONFJC)MIL208943(OCoLC)842839345(EXLCZ)99243000000001074220071012d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Comanche empire[electronic resource] /Pekka HämäläinenNew Haven Yale University Pressc20081 online resource (509 p.)Lamar series in western history"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."0-300-15117-9 0-300-12654-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-474) and index.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 --IndexIn 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.Lamar series in western history.Comanche IndiansHistoryComanche IndiansGovernment relationsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMexicoHistoryTo 1810Electronic books.Comanche IndiansHistory.Comanche IndiansGovernment relations.978.004/974572Hämäläinen Pekka1967-1033589William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457095503321The Comanche empire2452215UNINA