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Comanche society : before the reservation /

"Once called the Lords of the Plains, the Comanches were long portrayed as loose bands of marauding raiders who capitalized on the Spanish introduction of horses to raise their people out of primitive poverty through bison hunting and fierce warfare. More recent studies of the Comanches have fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Betty, Gerald, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2002.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 23.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Comanche kinship and society
  • Comanche migration and geographic mobility
  • Comanche horse pastoralism
  • The nature of Comanche economics
  • An explanation of Comanche violence.