
#2058 - Elliott West
Elliott West joins Joe Rogan Experience to unpack American West history, expansion, Continental Reckoning, and the shifting balance of power on the frontier.
#2058 - Elliott West includes mentions of Continental Reckoning, The American West and the Age of Expansion by Elliot West, Dunbar's number by Dr. Robin Dunbar, Empire of the Summer Moon, and A Land So Strange by Andres Resendiz, with indexed source context and timestamps where available.
Indexed context: The host emphasizes the significance of Elliot West's book in understanding the transformation of ranching and corporate America in the West. This bo…
Indexed context: The host mentions 'Dunbar's number' to illustrate the limitations of hunter-gatherer societies in terms of population size and social relationships.…
Indexed context: The host mentions 'Empire of the Summer Moon' to highlight the historical context of the Comanche's impact on colonization efforts in Texas and New M…
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What is #2058 - Elliott West about?
Elliott West joins Joe Rogan Experience to unpack American West history, expansion, Continental Reckoning, and the shifting balance of power on the frontier.
What are the main takeaways from #2058 - Elliott West?
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- The conversation centers on American West history.
- A second recurring theme is mass extinction theories.
- Referenced books include Continental Reckoning, The American West and the Age of Expansion by Elliot West and Dunbar's number by Dr. Robin Dunbar.
- Related interests include Anyone interested in American history and economic development and Anyone interested in anthropology and social dynamics.
Which books are mentioned in #2058 - Elliott West?
Continental Reckoning, The American West and the Age of Expansion by Elliot West, Dunbar's number by Dr. Robin Dunbar, and Empire of the Summer Moon are the clearest linked books in this episode, each tied back to source cards and timestamps where available.
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The book is discussed in the context of its availability and the importance of reading it, as well as its relation to the national story of the West.
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I'm sure you remember this from his book, when you get down below 125, smaller groups, there's also groups in which there's a certain intimacy where you can absolutely trust these people.
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A fantastic book about Texas and about the Comanches called Empire of the Summer Moon. It details the difficulty that they had in trying to establish colonies, both in New Mexico and in Texas, because of the Comanche.
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The book documents the spread of disease and the experiences of Cabeza de Baca, who was one of the first Europeans to encounter what is now the Southwest.
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Continental Reckoning, the American West in the Age of Expansion, one of the most fascinating subjects, I think, in the history of the human race.
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It was called The Killing Machine. One of the few times in American history when we could say absolutely yes, this was attempted – this was attempted genocide.
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A Land So Strange. A Land So Strange. Andres Resendiz. Which is a fascinating book because they essentially documented the spread of disease without meaning to do it.
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There's a wonderful book called Ghosts of Extinction, and that's exactly, exactly along those lines.
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The best, in my opinion, is by...it's called the Comanche Empire, that follows a story, you know, of the rise of Comanche power.
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Dan has this marvelous new book, A Wild New World, that goes into that in some detail and describes it. And as I remember from the book, Dan says that at no point in modern history have so many different species been eradicated so quickly.
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Dan has a book called Horizontal Yellow, which is the Comanche word for this area. This is where horses evolved.
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Dan has this marvelous new book, A Wild New World, that goes into that in some detail and describes it.
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Continental Reckoning, the American West in the Age of Expansion, one of the most fascinating subjects, I think, in the history of the human race.
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The mention refers to Dan Flores' work regarding the immense buffalo herds and their historical context.
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There's a wonderful book called Ghosts of Extinction, and that's exactly, exactly along those lines.
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And you talk about what happened after that in your other book on the Nez Perce.
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The host emphasizes the significance of Elliot West's book in understanding the transformation of ranching and corporate America in the West. This…

The host mentions 'Dunbar's number' to illustrate the limitations of hunter-gatherer societies in terms of population size and social relationships…

The host mentions 'Empire of the Summer Moon' to highlight the historical context of the Comanche's impact on colonization efforts in Texas and New…
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the American buffalo
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I watched the Ken Burns documentary on the American buffalo.