The Comanche Empire

The Comanche Empire

Author: Pekka Hämäläinen

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 0300151179

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A study that uncovers the lost history of the Comanches shows in detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they were defeated in 1875.


Los Comanches

Los Comanches

Author: Stanley T. Noyes

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9781632932686

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A history of the Comanche Indians, 1751-1845.


Stages of Conflict

Stages of Conflict

Author: Diana Taylor

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0472050273

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Stages of Conflict brings together an array of dramatic texts, tracing the intersection of theater and social and political life in the Americas over the past five centuries. Historical pieces from the sixteenth century to the present highlight the encounter between indigenous tradition and colonialism, while contributions from modern playwrights such as Virgilio Pinero, Jose Triana, and Denise Stolkos take on the tumultuous political and social upheavals of the past century. The editors have added critical commentary on the origins of each play, affording scholars and students of theater, performance studies, and Latin American studies the opportunity to view the history of a continent through its rich and diverse theatrical traditions.--from publisher's statement.


Multilingual America

Multilingual America

Author: Werner Sollors

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1998-08

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780814780930

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Aside from the occasional controversy over "Official English" campaigns, language remains the blind spot in the debate over multiculturalism. Considering its status as a nation of non-English speaking aborigines and of immigrants with many languages, America exhibits a curious tunnel vision about cultural and literary forms that are not in English. How then have non-English speaking Americans written about their experiences in this country? And what can we learn-about America, immigration and ethnicity-from them? Arguing that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity, Multilingual America calls attention to-and seeks to correct-the linguistic parochialism that has defined American literary study. By bringing together essays on important works by, among others, Yiddish, Chinese American, German American, Italian American, Norwegian American, and Spanish American writers, Werner Sollors here presents a fuller view of multilingualism as a historical phenomenon and as an ongoing way of life. At a time when we are just beginning to understand the profound effects of language acquisition on the development of the brain, Multilingual America forces us to broaden what in fact constitutes American literature.


Hermanitos Comanchitos

Hermanitos Comanchitos

Author: Enrique R. Lamadrid

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780826328786

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One of the great festival traditions shared by Pueblo and Hispano across New Mexico is the celebration Los Comanches. In this series of winter festivals, communities come alive with colorful processions, boisterous ceremonial dance, allegorical nativity plays, and a folk drama on horseback which portrays the 1779 defeat of famed war chief Cuerno Verde. In a mixture of defiance and emulation, these events honor the historic relations of war and peace with the Comanches, the feared and admired warriors and traders of the south plains who once held the fate of all New Mexico in their hands. Lamadrid and Gandert provide historic, poetic, and photographic documentation of one of the richest legacies of the upper Rio Grande, a cultural crossroads known for its mestizo traditions and transcultural exchanges. A CD anthology of "Comanche" music accompanies a stunning selection of Gandert's photographs.


The Comanches

The Comanches

Author: Thomas W. Kavanagh

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9780803277922

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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.


The Latino Reader

The Latino Reader

Author: Harold Augenbraum

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780395765289

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"The Latino Reader" presents the full history of this important American literary tradition, from its mid-sixteenth-century beginnings to the present day. The wide-ranging selections include works of history, memoir, letters, and essays, as well as fiction, poetry, and drama.


Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, Volume II

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, Volume II

Author: Erlinda Gonzales-Berry

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781611922639

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This second volume in the series contains articles by the leading scholars on Hispanic literary history of the United States given at the annual convention on Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage. The articles in this volume are in five sections: The Recovery Project Comes of Age; Assimilation, Accommodation or Resistance?; History in Literature/Literature in History; Writing the Revolution; and Recovering the Creation of Community.