The Comanche empire / Pekka Hämäläinen.

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 def...

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Main Author: Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967- (Author)
Corporate Author: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
Series:Lamar series in western history.
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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.
Item Description:"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University" -- Title page.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 500 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Awards: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.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-474) and index.
ISBN:9780300145137
0300145136
9786612089428
6612089423
9781282089426
1282089420
9786612089435
6612089431
9781282089433
1282089439
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 07, 2023).
Action Note:digitized