Storms Brewed in Other Men’s Worlds: The Confrontation of Indians, Spanish, and French in the Southwest, 1540–1795

by Elizabeth A.H. John

Spanning two and a half centuries, from the earliest contacts in the 1540s to the crumbling of Spanish power in the 17908, Storms Brewed in Other Men's Worlds is a panoramic view of Indian peoples and Spanish and French intruders in the early Southwest. The primary focus is the world of the American Indian, ranging from the Caddos in the east to the Hopis in the west, and including the histories of the Pueblo, Apache, Navajo, Ute, and Wichita peoples. Within this region, from Texas to New Mexico, the Comanches played a key, formative role, and no less compelling is the story of the Hispanic frontier peoples who weathered the precarious, often arduous process of evolving coexistence with the Indians on the northern frontier of New Spain. First published in 1975, this second edition includes a new preface and afterword by Elizabeth A. H. John, in which she discusses current research issues and the status of the Indian peoples of the Southwest.

Genres: History, Native American History, Nonfiction

828 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1976

Reviews

[David Elkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well researched volume that covers in great detail the topic of the book. It is not recommended for causal readers as it is designed for people who delve into history headfirst. It is also a topic that is at best "obscure" for most readers unless they study SouthWest history. An excellent book.

[Ron Me]

This is the only book I've ever read (out of many) that adequately deals simultaneously with history in Spain and in the Southwest of America, and in how they impacted each other. A few comments about modern American interaction with natives of the southwest show that it wasn't just the two-year long communication from New Mexico to Spain that was the issue, that there was and is fundamental incomprehension on both sides. While the last couple hundred pages of the book gets into much more granular detail than the earlier part (as is natural as documentation resources increase), this is a book that is very worthwhile for anyone interested in how the Southwest got the way it is today.

[David Iverson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very detailed history of the spanish presence in the southwest from the 16th through 18th centuries...very valuable resource for historians interested in this topic.