The book Antonius, Son of Rome is a historical fiction novel by Brook Allen. It’s the first book of a trilogy about Marc Antony, or Marcus Antonius. The date of publication is 2018. To read my other recent book reviews, please check out: Dying of Whiteness, by Jonathan Metzl Opium and Absinthe, by Lydia Kang […]
Month: December 2020
The Values of Manifest Destiny, Part 2
In my last post, (click here to read) I laid out the values of Manifest Destiny. Hopefully, I made the case that it was among the most influential doctrines put forward in US history. Today, I’d like to show how the values of Manifest Destiny interacted with some other events in American history. I’ve already […]
The Core Values of Manifest Destiny
I’ve written a bit about Manifest Destiny in previous posts, but today I’d like to write about the core values of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny is a flexible concept, which helps account for its durability over time. This is a brief overview of the idea and the values driving it. The term first appeared in […]
Review of Dying of Whiteness, by Jonathan Metzl
The book Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland, published in 2019, is not my usual book review, so forgive me if I post about a nonfiction book for once. To read my reviews of recent historical fiction novels, please see: Opium and Absinthe, by Lydia Kang The Pillars […]