The Comanche empire /

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967- (Author)
Corporate Author: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008.
Series:Lamar series in western history.
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Description
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."
Physical Description:viii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Awards:Merle Curti Award, 2009; Kate Broocks Bates Award, 2008; Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize, 2008.
Recognition for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 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.
Recognition for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 2009.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-474) and index.
ISBN:9780300126549
0300126549
9780300151176
0300151179