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North American Borderlands, Native American History
Professor
Ph.D., University of Helsinki, 2001
Research and Teaching Interests- Borderlands
- Native American History
- Environmental History
Current Projects- New Worlds: Frontiers, Borderlands, and Empires of North America, 1600-1900. Under contract with Yale University Press.
Selected Publications- "On Borderlands," with Samuel Truett, Journal of American History 98 (Sept. 2011).
- Major Problems in the History of the North American Borderlands, co-edited with Benjamin H. Johnson (Houghton Mifflin, 2011)
- The Politics of Grass: European Expansion, Ecological Change, and Indigenous Power in the Southwest Borderlands," William and Mary Quarterly 67 (2010)
- The Comanche Empire (Yale University Press, 2008). Spanish edition forthcoming by Peninsula Press in 2009.
- “The Rise and Fall of Plains Indian Horse Cultures,” Journal of American History 90 (Dec. 2003), 833-62
- “Of Lethal Places and Lethal Essays,” with John R. Wunder, American Historical Review 104 (Oct. 1999), 1229-34
- “The Western Comanche Trade Center: Rethinking the Plains Indian Trade System,” Western Historical Quarterly 29 (Winter 1998), 485-513
Honors and Professional Activities- Bancroft Prize, 2009
- Merle Curti Award, 2009
- Norris and Carol Hundley Award, 2009
- Western History Association Caughey Prize, 2009
- William P. Clements Prize for non-fiction, 2009
- Great Plains Distinguished Book Award, 2009
- Kate Broocks Bates Award, 2009
- Texas Historical Society Award of Merit, 2009
- Recognition of Excellence, Cundill International Prize in History, 2009
- John C. Ewers Award, 2010
Selected Fellowships- Les Instituts d’Études Avancées de Nantes, 2010-11
- Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 2009-10
- Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, 2003-05
- Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, 2001-02
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