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Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2019. “Astonishing in its scope. . Amazon, I am surprised and disappointed that you would post such things. It is rare to find such a work, a deft narrative so comprehensive that also includes lots of original research.”—Jon M. Sweeney. The result is stunning. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. . You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2020. It includes Custer's Last Stand, Wounded Knee, and everything before and after. Please try again.

. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Ludwig von Mises, in his book Theory and History, claims that "Civilization is like a biological being; it is born, grows, matures, decays, and dies." Lakota America takes us from the 16th century to the present, with painstaking, carefully marshaled detail, but its real feat is in threading how the Lakota philosophy and vision of the world guided their reinventions and their dealings with colonial powers. Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2019. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Amazon, I am surprised and disappointed that you would post such things. Maar ook geen blinde verheerlijking. A great book. . Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2019. It's a great adventure book. . I urge you to read this book and his book on the Comanche Empire. .

It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2019. Finally, and with all due respect, I am surprised that Amazon has permitted such an inhibiting review as the former. I do so in order that the author and work should not be discredited by the former attack, indeed, to encourage readership. Please try your request again later. Shame on us! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Finally, and with all due respect, I am surprised that Amazon has permitted such an inhibiting review as the former. It is a very interesting book (although the detour into 70s politics of AIM and the current water protectors movement at the end is not as effective or relevant as discussions of the evolution of Lakota power from the 17th to late 19th centuries). Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2019. "A briliant, bold, gripping history. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2019. “My favorite non-fiction book of this year.”—Tyler Cowen. Many histories of the United States still depict Lakotas as ‘props’ or ignore them altogether.

Based upon the lengthy "see it now" sample of the work, awaiting my own copy, and given the author's academic and professional standing, I am more than satisfied to give it conditional five stars. .

Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize, sponsored by the Columbia School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Winner of the Western Heritage Book Award for Nonfiction, sponsored by  the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Winner of the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize, sponsored by the Center for Great Plains Studies, Winner of the 2020 Spur Award, sponsored by the Western Writers of America, Finalist in the PROSE Awards North American and U.S. History category, sponsored by the Association of American Publishers, “Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse live in history as great warriors. "A briliant, bold, gripping history. Hämäläinen has the novelist’s relish for the strange, pungent detail . Maar ook geen blinde verheerlijking. . "Turned many of the stories I thought I knew about our nation inside out. Hämäläinen “recounts his story with unusual verve. I am halfway through the book and it is very well written and highly informative.

Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. . They killed Custer and his arrogant invaders in self defense. We should all learn to share in their tragedy and to do what we can to pay amends for the continuing abuse of their land - I mean the Dakota and Keystone pipe lines.

The agency of the Lakota to reshape themselves and their world into, as the title states, Lakota America is a provocative read and sure to be attacked by the old guard historiography always looking east to west and dreaming of Frontier Regulars. "—Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Comanche Empire (The Lamar Series in Western History), The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West, The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred Ground (The Penguin Library of American Indian History), The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas, The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living (Compass), The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West. . "—Stephen Hausmann. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. . I urge you to pull it. Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2019. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Tacitly just a history book about the Lakota tribe, this book delves deep into daily tribal life, economics and trade, diplomacy and war strategy. Yale University Press; Illustrated Edition (October 22, 2019), Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Irreverent, generous, and always insightful, one of America's most influential poets offers a candid record of their creative process. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. Relying on newly available ‘winter counts’—pictographs drawn in spirals on buffalo hides, cloth, muslin, and paper to recount a year’s activities—Hämäläinen successfully makes the Lakota people unfamiliar to readers, disabusing us of the imagery inherited from popular culture depictions and painting a more nuanced picture. Please try your request again later. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. . There are books that do a much better job on telling the story of Lakota nations, (one by Ostler, for example). Very regrettable for a book published by Yale University Press. The author claims in the introduction to his book that it is the "solution to a puzzle". (p 14) In his estimation it is contingent upon the environment in which a people exist. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. I am halfway through the book and it is very well written and highly informative. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. “Deeply researched, epic in scale, interpretatively adventurous, and ambitious, “Like the Lakotas he studies, Pekka Hämäläinen is a shapeshifter. Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present. Een eerlijk verhaal. "Turned many of the stories I thought I knew about our nation inside out. . . This page works best with JavaScript. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Hämäläinen has the novelist’s relish for the strange, pungent detail . . Unfortunately, the blind spots will … A must read if you have any interest in the combination of Westward expansion and the abysmal treatment of the "Natives"! The Comanche Empire (The Lamar Series in Western History), The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred Ground (Penguin Library of American Indian History), The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West, Beneath the Backbone of the World: Blackfoot People and the North American Borderlands, 1720–1877 (The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History), Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life (The Civilization of the American Indian Series Book 254), How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West, The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History. . I read Comanche Empire in paperback and was looking forward to Lakota America as a worthy successor. "—Simon Sebag Montefiore.

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Een eerlijk verhaal.

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2019. Geschreven vanuit het perspectief van de Lakota’s.


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