New Edition of Common-place Released

Take a breather at this busy time of the semester with Common-place’s new issue.  "We’re particularly excited to feature the first published English translation of La felice Victoria, a sixteenth-century poem chronicling imperial struggles over Florida and the establishment of St. Augustine, a site that lays claim to being the nation’s “oldest continuously occupied city.” "As authors Tom Shields and Thomas Hallock explain, “La felice victoria illustrates how empire was understood in Spain, how victories were celebrated, and how the little-regarded territory of la Florida fit alongside more significant triumphs.”  Our book reviews also offer much food for thought about the workings of violence and    empire, as Peter Reed reviews Elizabeth Dillon’s New World Drama, Paul Erickson reviews a new edition of  George Lippard’s The Killers, and much more!