Indigenous Power in the Comanche Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4496098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josh Reid (University of Massachusetts Boston, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-59 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/hith.10654 |
| OpenAlex | W2157432377 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Pekka Hämäläinen's The Comanche Empire reflects critical historiographical turns-indigenous power, responses to settler colonialism, and a reorientation of perspective-while uncovering new directions in American Indian history. Moreover, his four-part framework for understanding power-spatial control, economic control, assimilation, and influence over neighbors-provides a useful model for analyzing indigenous polities in other places and times. However, by not explicitly framing the narrative of the Comanche empire within notions of sovereignty, Hämäläinen leaves open opportunities for other scholars of the Comanche and of Native North America. Future historical studies of Native sovereignty, though, should include tribally specific notions of sovereignty and ways of knowing and remembering the past
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Empire · Framing (construction · Historiography · Indigenous · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sovereignty · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Latin American history and culture · Law
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |