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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Mound A, Crystal River Archaeological State Park, July 2026
I enjoyed the opportunity to spend a week in Florida. I visited sites related to the conflicts between the Seminoles and the United States to get a sense of how various entities present that history to the public. I was also interested in the Indigenous and natural history of the Florida Gulf region, visiting several archaeological sites and wildlife refuges. For details, see News.
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Texas on Film: 12 Mighty Orphans and the trap of white nostalgia with a brief profile of Torres brothers who played on the Mighty Mites team Click here.
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