It's painstakingly researched with copious end notes giving it a sense of credibility often lacking in other historical content I've read. Pekka Hamalainen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875. Please try again.
In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in historical accounts. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It is an easy read and packed full of information. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History, The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent (Early American Studies), Geronimo (The Lamar Series in Western History). "Cutting-edge revisionist western history. Leur mobilité extrème à travers la plaine leur permettait de voler à l'Est pour revendre à l'Ouest, et vice versa, pour empocher le profit d'arbitrage. For any reader interested in the American west this book is an absolute must. The US claimed a continental West from an uncertain Mexican sovereignty and an assertive Comanche empire of war and trade. Pekka Hamalainen is assistant professor of history, University of California, Santa Barbara. They built an empire that flourished in the first half of the nineteenth century, dominating vast areas of the high plains and controlling complex trades, just as a social revolution within Mexico's wars of independence undermined the silver economy and ended its northward dynamism. Theory. © 2013 Wesleyan University If you are interested in a concise overview of history, how the Comanche prevented the Spanish, French, and Texans from accessing the southern plains for almost 200 years, Empire is a great read. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. With a growing open access offering, Wiley is committed to the widest possible dissemination of and access to the content we publish and supports all sustainable models of access. They were fierce, merciless, and powerful. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. Unable to add item to List.
publishes articles, review essays, and summaries of books principally in these of humanity-in-time; related disciplines, interactions between history and the With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches' remarkable impact on the trajectory of history. Login via your After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Histories of the Comanches typically focus on the culture and violence on the southern Plains, ending with the tribe’s defeat and removal to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma).
À la fin du 18-ième siècle et au début du 19-ième, une tribu indienne a retrouvé la logique des hordes barbares de l'Asie centrale après avoir capturé et domestiqué des chevaux dans les grandes plaines de ce qui est aujourd'hui le Texas et le Nouveau Mexique. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Does this book contain inappropriate content? theoretical dimensions of historians' debates; history of historiography, theory And though Hamalainen frames his arguments within scholars’ debates on proper perspectives toward the Comanche, general readers interested in the history of the Southwest will discover his to be a fascinatingly informative volume in its explanatory and narrative modes. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The expansion and collapse of New Spain, the rise and fall of the Comanche empire, and the rise of the United States all occurred within an evolving globalization. Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power (The Lamar Series in Western History) (Spare), Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History, The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West, The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans, 'Cutting-edge revisionist western history... Immensely informative, particularly about activities in the eighteenth century.' The Comanche Empire - Pekka Hamalainen - 洋書の購入は楽天ブックスで。全品送料無料！購入毎に「楽天スーパーポイント」が貯まってお得！みんなのレビュー・感想も満載。 Reentender la historia de nuestro continente. This is an absolutely fasicinating book. ©2000-2020 ITHAKA. But when Americans really started paying attention to what was happening out on the Great Plains, this tribe had mostly destroyed itself, and the Lakota/Sioux got all the attention. Comanche warriors and those they fought committed this atrocity and much worse, but this book barely addresses the horrific human violence experienced in this times. Unable to add item to List. For any reader interested in the American west this book is an absolute must.
"[A] fascinating and richly detailed study. Can you imagine what it is like to be scalped while you are still alive. The style is never dry and to his great credit the author is prepared to provide an alternative to any conception of an idealistic, innocent life eventually wrecked by the ceaseless push of European immigration towards the west. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. History and Theory Our online platform, Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) is one of the world’s most extensive multidisciplinary collections of online resources, covering life, health, social and physical sciences, and humanities.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 October 2014, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 November 2015, Probably the best history on the Comanches. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. . Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 March 2019, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2017. great book even if some of it is debateable! . Hämäläinen argues that their presence in part explains New Spain's inability to extend their empire northward, and Mexico's chronic weakness after independence.
To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Between the Comanche’s initial appearance in Spanish records in 1706 to their final defeat by the U.S. in 1874, Hamalainen traces an ascent in Comanche numbers, wealth, and influence that enabled them to dominate western Texas and New Mexico for decades. The Comanche Empire (Lamar Series in Western History) (The Lamar Series in Western History), Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK, Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost, Dispatch to this address when you check out. This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. Book Review by C.M. It is a story that challenges the idea of indigenous peoples as victims of European expansion and offers a new model for the history of colonial expansion, colonial frontiers, and Indian-Euramerican relations in North America and elsewhere. In a counter-narrative to frontier history and a revision of borderlands study, Hämäläinen features the contingency of historical change and the agency of Indian people.”—Daniel H. Usner, Vanderbilt University. Interpreting such Comanche activities as raiding and slaving as distinct instruments of imperialism, Hamalainen credits these practices with endowing the Comanche with their fierce frontier reputation within the extensive Great Plains trading network they operated. Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits.
With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches' remarkable impact on the trajectory of history. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Something went wrong. The Comanche rose by adapting to the technological and trade opportunities brought to New Mexico by the eighteenth-century expansion of New Spain's globally linked silver economy. Pekka Hämäläinen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at the high tide of imperial struggles in North America, an indigenous empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has The style is never dry and to his great credit the author is prepared to provide an alternative to any conception of an idealistic, innocent life eventually wrecked by the ceaseless push of European immigration towards the west.
There's a problem loading this menu right now. “This exhilarating book is not just a pleasure to read; important and challenging ideas circulate through it and compel attention. Ce sont des épidémies et la politique de terre brulée des colons américains qui finiront par avoir raison de cet empire, réduisant ces fiers bandits itinérants en pauvres paysans parqués dans des réserves. available at http://www.interscience.wiley.com. . Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at the high tide of imperial struggles in North America, an indigenous empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. But for those in academia or inclined toward scholarly history, the book is incredibly beneficial.
I'll state it plainly - it sets the record straight time after time from what I'd read before.
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Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. This book covers some early history of my area - a subject which has always interested me. The electronic version of History and Theory is Top subscription boxes – right to your door, A Spirited Resistance: The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815 (The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2012. Mayo THE COMANCHE EMPIRE by Pekka Hämäläinen Yale University, 2008 ISBN 978-0-300-15117-6 Review originally published in Marfa Mondays Blog, August 1, 2016 The cover of Pekka Hämäläinen's The Comanche Empire, of a ghost-white warrior with a trio of blood-red slashes down his cheek, is as arresting as the argument that, as it opens, the Comanches' was "an … Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It is also dense and possibly too dry and detailed for the general reader.
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