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The Comanche empire / Pekka Hämäläinen.
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TextSeries: Lamar series in western historyPublication details: New Haven, Yale University Press, ©2008Description: viii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780300126549
- 0300126549
- 9780300151176
- 0300151179
- ARCH FRBC 978.004 H198C
- E99.C85 H27 2008
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Summary: Discusses the power wielded by the Comanches in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the southern Great Plains, the Southwest, and northern Mexico, covering their military ability, political dominance, and commercial and cultural influence as they resisted European colonization until their defeat in 1875.
Introduction: Reversed colonialism -- Conquest -- New order -- The embrace -- The empire of the Plains -- Greater Comanchería -- Children of the Sun -- Hunger -- Collapse -- Conclusion: The shape of power.
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SAIACS Archives Room | Frykenberg Collection | ARCH FRBC 978.004 H198C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 066831 |
"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-474) and index.
Introduction: Reversed colonialism -- Conquest -- New order -- The embrace -- The empire of the Plains -- Greater Comanchería -- Children of the Sun -- Hunger -- Collapse -- Conclusion: The shape of power.
Discusses the power wielded by the Comanches in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the southern Great Plains, the Southwest, and northern Mexico, covering their military ability, political dominance, and commercial and cultural influence as they resisted European colonization until their defeat in 1875.
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