The Comanche empire /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Lamar series in western historyPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008Copyright date: Description: viii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300126549
  • 0300126549
  • 9780300151176
  • 0300151179
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Comanche empire.; Online version:: Comanche empire.DDC classification:
  • 978.004/974572 22
LOC classification:
  • E99.C85 H27 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-474) and index.

"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."

Merle Curti Award, 2009; Kate Broocks Bates Award, 2008; Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize, 2008.

Recognition for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 2008.

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.

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.

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