The kinetic empires of Native American nomads
This chapter re-examines the powerful nomadic-equestrian societies in the North and South American grasslands and makes the case for a distinctive imperial formation, the kinetic empire. Kinetic empires were shape-shifting, action-based regimes that turned mobility into an imperial strategy and revo...
| मुख्य लेखक: | |
|---|---|
| अन्य लेखक: | |
| स्वरूप: | Book section |
| भाषा: | English |
| प्रकाशित: |
Oxford University Press
2021
|
| _version_ | 1826311845412077568 |
|---|---|
| author | Hämäläinen, P |
| author2 | Bang, PF |
| author_facet | Bang, PF Hämäläinen, P |
| author_sort | Hämäläinen, P |
| collection | OXFORD |
| description | This chapter re-examines the powerful nomadic-equestrian societies in the North and South American grasslands and makes the case for a distinctive imperial formation, the kinetic empire. Kinetic empires were shape-shifting, action-based regimes that turned mobility into an imperial strategy and revolved around mobile activities: long-distance raiding, seasonal expansions, transnational diplomatic missions, semi-permanent trade fairs, recurring political assemblies, and control over shifting nodes. Their governing systems were light and flexible, and they rose and stayed in power by capitalizing on their superior capacity to access and connect political and economic centers around them. The Comanche and Lakota Indians created the Western Hemisphere’s most prominent examples of kinetic empires in the North American Great Plains. In South America the Araucanians frustrated European colonizing efforts, commanded a large and expanding territory, and pulled other Native groups on their orbit, but lacked the Comanches’ and Lakotas’ strong collective identities and political unity. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-07T08:15:45Z |
| format | Book section |
| id | oxford-uuid:804e68d1-a794-4332-aff3-ecf1ab8ed43d |
| institution | University of Oxford |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-07T08:15:45Z |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publisher | Oxford University Press |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oxford-uuid:804e68d1-a794-4332-aff3-ecf1ab8ed43d2024-01-04T10:10:54ZThe kinetic empires of Native American nomadsBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843uuid:804e68d1-a794-4332-aff3-ecf1ab8ed43dEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2021Hämäläinen, PBang, PFBayly, CAScheidel, WThis chapter re-examines the powerful nomadic-equestrian societies in the North and South American grasslands and makes the case for a distinctive imperial formation, the kinetic empire. Kinetic empires were shape-shifting, action-based regimes that turned mobility into an imperial strategy and revolved around mobile activities: long-distance raiding, seasonal expansions, transnational diplomatic missions, semi-permanent trade fairs, recurring political assemblies, and control over shifting nodes. Their governing systems were light and flexible, and they rose and stayed in power by capitalizing on their superior capacity to access and connect political and economic centers around them. The Comanche and Lakota Indians created the Western Hemisphere’s most prominent examples of kinetic empires in the North American Great Plains. In South America the Araucanians frustrated European colonizing efforts, commanded a large and expanding territory, and pulled other Native groups on their orbit, but lacked the Comanches’ and Lakotas’ strong collective identities and political unity. |
| spellingShingle | Hämäläinen, P The kinetic empires of Native American nomads |
| title | The kinetic empires of Native American nomads |
| title_full | The kinetic empires of Native American nomads |
| title_fullStr | The kinetic empires of Native American nomads |
| title_full_unstemmed | The kinetic empires of Native American nomads |
| title_short | The kinetic empires of Native American nomads |
| title_sort | kinetic empires of native american nomads |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT hamalainenp thekineticempiresofnativeamericannomads AT hamalainenp kineticempiresofnativeamericannomads |