The Comanche empire

Book

The Comanche empire / Pekka Hämäläinen.

Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967- (Author). William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies. (Added Author).

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.

Robert Keller notes.

Record details

ISBN: 9780300126549
ISBN: 0300126549
ISBN: 9780300151176
ISBN: 0300151179
Physical Description: viii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-474) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 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.
Awards Note:: Merle Curti Award, 2009; Kate Broocks Bates Award, 2008; Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize, 2008.

Bancroft Prize, 2009.

Western History Association John C. Ewers Award, 2010.

Western History Association Caughey-Western History Association Prize, 2009.

Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2008.