The Comanches : a history, 1706-1875 / Thomas W. Kavanagh.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in the anthropology of North American IndiansDescription: xvi, 586 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 080327792X
- 9780803277922
- Comanche political history
- E99.C85 K39 1999
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Originally published: Comanche political history. 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Notes on the Comanche Sound System / Jean O. Charney -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comanche Political Culture -- 3. First Euroamerican Contacts, 1706-86 -- 4. Comanche-Euroamerican Relations, 1786-1820 -- 5. Changes in Comancheria, 1820-46 -- 6. Comancheria at Midcentury, 1846-60 -- 7. Comancheria during and after the Civil War, 1860-75 -- 8. Political History of the Comanche Tribes.
"This is the first in-depth historical study of Comanche social and political groups. Using the ethnohistorical method, Thomas W. Kavanagh traces the changes and continuities in Comanche politics from their earliest interactions with Europeans to their settlement on a reservation in present-day Oklahoma."--Jacket.