INVENTING DESTINY
From the University Press of Kansas. The mythmakers of US expansion have expressed “manifest destiny” in many different ways—and so have its many discontents. A multidisciplinary study that delves into these contrasts and contradictions, Inventing Destiny offers a broad yet penetrating cultural history of nineteenth-century US territorial acquisition—a history that gives voice to the underrepresented actors who significantly complicated US narratives of empire, from Native Americans and Anglo-American women to anti- and non-national expansionists. The contributors—established and emerging scholars from history, American studies, literary studies, art history, and religious studies—make use of source materials and techniques as various as artwork, religion, geospatial analysis, interior colonialism, and storytelling alongside fresh readings of traditional historical texts. For more information see the Inventing Destiny page
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I am ready to consign this year to the archive. Like many of my colleagues, I spent most of my energy on transitioning from in-person to online classes. I admit that the process has lessened my aversion to online delivery, but it has also confirmed many of my preconceptions about the limitations of the process. Compared to what many of my colleagues and neighbors have experienced during this health emergency, I feel blessed that up to this point COVID-19 has only inconvenienced me. (see more)
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Taking a look at Frances Flora Palmer's Across the Continent (1868) featured on the cover of our anthology Inventiny Destiny. Click here.
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