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The Comanche empire, Pekka Hämäläinen

Label
The Comanche empire, Pekka Hämäläinen
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-474) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Comanche empire
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
176648822
Responsibility statement
Pekka Hämäläinen
Series statement
The Lamar series in western history
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
Table Of Contents
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
Classification
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