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Thomas W. Kavanagh
Current price: $65.00
Publish Date: October 1st, 1995
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:
9780803227309
Description
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.
About the Author
Thomas W. Kavanagh is curator of collections at the William Hammond Mathers Museum at Indiana University.
Praise for The Comanches: A History, 1706-1875 (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians)
“A historical encyclopedia of Comanche diplomacy. . . . No student of Southwest Native American history should overlook this book.”—Southwestern Historical Quarterly
“Soundly researched and solidly documented, this book includes painstaking analysis and comparisons of the sources. . . . Of interest to students of southwestern as well as Comanche history.”—Choice
“A stunning scholarly achievement. . . . This is a book that belongs on any Western historian’s or writer’s shelf.”—Southwestern American Literature
“This is a persuasive and comprehensive work, impressive in its detail and scope. . . . [It is] not likely to be superseded any time soon.”—Journal of the West
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