The Comanche Empire by Pekka Hamalainen

Author:Pekka Hamalainen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 2384624849
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-05-28T07:00:00+00:00

Comanches had turned their economy and society inside out to accommodate animal herding, but it was not enough. Intensive pastoralism allowed them to raise more livestock to fuel their expanding exchange networks, but it also absorbed vast amounts of time and energy, divesting labor from other sectors of the economy. As households continued to enlarge their herds, they inevitably faced labor shortages and risked compromising their capacity to produce food, robes, and other necessities. Some households failed or chose not to acquire more horses and mules than they could comfortably maintain, but others sought ways to increase their labor force, market production, and wealth. They found a solution in polygyny and slavery.

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