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Review Of Comanche Political History: An Ethnohistorical Perspective 1706-1875 By Thomas W. Kavanagh, Daniel J. Gelo
Review Of Comanche Political History: An Ethnohistorical Perspective 1706-1875 By Thomas W. Kavanagh, Daniel J. Gelo
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
The precise nature of pre-reservation Comanche political organization has long been a vexing question. Key issues include the meaning of numerous reported names for Comanche-speaking subgroups and the construction of power and authority within and across these units. The present work is the most successful attempt to clarify ethnonyms and describe Comanche organizational principles.
Comanche Political History offers a valuable synthesis and interpretation and will be useful to a variety of scholars.