Traders and Raiders

“Makes powerful contributions that add exciting geographies and cultures to an already teeming and complex Southwest borderlands.” — Journal of American History

“Paints a vivid portrait of a Native-dominated landscape that would otherwise be inaccessible in a history based solely on archival sources.” — Journal of Interdisciplinary History

“An important and timely contribution to Borderlands, Indian and Western history… provide[s] us with a greater understanding of the contested and colonized spaces of the US-Mexico borderlands.” — Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History

“Well researched. . . . A solid contribution to the historiography of Native America.” — The Historian

“Relevant and significant.” — CHOICE

“Filled to the brim with arguments, insights, and interventions. . . . A superb example of a kind of braided history in which different modes of analysis — social, cultural, environmental, and spatial — blend into a seamless whole.” — American Historical Review

“This book contributes to a growing body of scholarship in early American and Native American history that reimagines North America as an indigenous space. . . . Has much to offer those interested in California, borderlands, Native Americans, and early American history.” — American Indian Quarterly

“Joins a growing shelf of books that has recast the narrative of interior American Indian history and brought about a serious reconsideration of the impact of outsiders on indigenous worlds.” — H-Net

“Presented with nuance and style, Traders and Raiders picks up geographically where a number of recent award-winning monographs have left off. Going beyond those earlier works, this project is a major contribution to the fields of Native American history, borderlands history, and early California history.” — David Igler, University of California, Irvine

“In Traders and Raiders, Zappia advances the scholarly discussion of indigenous systems of economic and political power separate from systems of colonial European and Euro-American powers. This book expands comparative understandings of indigenous people as independent political actors in narratives of colonialism and imperialism in the Americas.” — Juliana Barr, University of Florida