The Comanche Empire

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 This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history.This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches 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 Native European relations in North America and elsewhere Pekka H m l inen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875 With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches remarkable impact on the trajectory of history. Best Read [ The Comanche Empire ] By [ Pekka Hämäläinen ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr When I was growing up in eastern Missouri it was de rigueur that the man children of the clan become Boy Scouts Thus, despite little aptitude or interest, I was duly enrolled in the Cub Scouts and spent summer weekends attending den meetings and going on the occasional camping trip Don t fear that this diversion is going to descend into horror stories about mental and physical abuse happily my life as a Scout was quite banal I never got beyond the Cub stage, truth be told, and my parents w When I was growing up in ...Wow Really wow A truly great work of history This book has everything It is a compelling story, a mind bendingly different view of commonly accepted fact and a very well researched uber serious history with over one hundred pages of notes Oh yes and it is well written It has clear structured prose that is a pleasure to read.All I knew about the Comanche before I read this book were that they were a fierce tribe who lived in the south west of present day U.S.A and had a deadly rivalry with W...Okay, I ll get this out of my system first skip chapter 6 There, that s better.It s not often that I read a book that fundamentally changes my sense of a major part of American history, especially not in one of the areas I read a lot in PH s reconsideration of the history of the southern plains and Southwest does just that The basic argument is clear in order to understand the history of the region she he Finnish names confuse me focuses on the areas encompassing Texas, New Mexico and ex Okay, I ll get this out of my system first skip chapter 6 There, that s better.It s not often that I read a book that fundamentally changes my sense of a major part of American history, especially not in one of the areas I read a lot in PH s reconsideration of the history of the southern plains and Southwest does just that The basic argument is clear in order to understand the history of the region she he Finnish names confuse me focuses on the areas encompassing Texas, New Mexico and extending both north and south, concentrating on the 18th and 19th centuries The way I was taught the story, it focused on the struggle for dominance between Spain, France, the United States and the Republic of Texas If the Comanche appeared...This is described as part of the Lamar Series in Western History, which includes scholarly works of interest to the general reader for the purpose of understanding human affairs in the American West and adding a wider understanding of the West s significance to America s existence This is certainly a book fit for academic use, but it also is informative to the general historical reader The extensive source material used in the book s research produces extensive documentation of the facts while This is described as part of the Lamar Series in Western History, which includes scholarly works of interest to the general reader for the purpose of understanding human affairs in the American West and adding a wider understanding of the West s significance to America s existence This is c...A straight, no chaser, ethno history book on the rise and fall of what author Pekka Hamalainen accurately call the Comanche Empire of the mid 18th to mid 19th centuries on the southern plains region of what is now the United States The rise of the Comanche hegemony was facilitated by an economic system based on their maste...For a non fiction book, I was surprised how I couldn t put it down at some points It isn t just packing information into a book, it tells the story of the Comanches I thought it had a great balance in helping understand the Spanish and why they did what they did and later other groups and understanding the Comanches and why they did what they did Neither were portrayed as outright victims or oppressors, and the book allowed the reader to make their own judgments based on evidence.After too For a non fiction book, I was surprised how I couldn t put it down at some points It isn t just packing information into a book, it tells the story of the Comanches I thought it had a great balance in helping understand the Spanish and why they did what they did and later other groups and understanding the Comanches and why they did what they did Neither were portrayed as outrigh...A history of the Comanche Indians that follow their conquest of the Apache for control of the southern plains to their eventual demise as a major power by the United States government Many individual Spanish, Mexicans, and Americans are mentioned by name bu...If I could give 6 stars, I would This is one of those rare books that forces me to discipline myself It was so good that I was on pace to finish it in a couple of days, but I intentionally slowed down to savor it I wishhistory books were as well written, thorou...If you have any interest in the history of America South West, admittedly, but still , or the American Indians and their culture, this is essential reading I loved it Serious without being dry, and full of good writing.In chronicling the history of the Native American Comanche peoples of the southwest, Pekka Hamalainen tells a story in many ways at odds with the Indians of our national mythology The Comanche finally were forced as a group onto reservations in the 1870s after a 20 year drought, the breakdown of their pastoral economy and lifestyle following the demise of the huge bison herds of the plains, and military pressure from the expansionist United States They were largely ignored on the reservations In chronicling the history of the Native American Comanche peoples of the southwest, Pekka Hamalainen tells a story in many ways at odds with the Indians of our national mythology The Comanche finally were forced as a group onto reservations in the 1870s after a 20 year drought, the breakdown of their pastoral economy and lifestyle following the demise of the huge bison herds of ...

• English
• 27 January 2017
Pekka Hämäläinen
• Hardcover
• 500 pages
• 0300126549
• Pekka Hämäläinen
• The Comanche Empire