Rome in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rome in America write by Peter R. D'Agostino. This book was released on 2004. Rome in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For years, historians have argued that Catholicism in the United States stood decisively apart from papal politics in European society. Drawing on previously unexamined documents from Italian state collections and newly opened Vatican archives, Peter D'Agostino paints a starkly different portrait.
Why America Is Not a New Rome
Why America Is Not a New Rome - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why America Is Not a New Rome write by Vaclav Smil. This book was released on 2010-01-29. Why America Is Not a New Rome available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An investigation of the America-Rome analogy that goes deeper than the facile comparisons made on talk shows and in glossy magazine articles. America's post–Cold War strategic dominance and its pre-recession affluence inspired pundits to make celebratory comparisons to ancient Rome at its most powerful. Now, with America no longer perceived as invulnerable, engaged in protracted fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and suffering the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, comparisons are to the bloated, decadent, ineffectual later Empire. In Why America Is Not a New Rome, Vaclav Smil looks at these comparisons in detail, going deeper than the facile analogy-making of talk shows and glossy magazine articles. He finds profound differences. Smil, a scientist and a lifelong student of Roman history, focuses on several fundamental concerns: the very meaning of empire; the actual extent and nature of Roman and American power; the role of knowledge and innovation; and demographic and economic basics—population dynamics, illness, death, wealth, and misery. America is not a latter-day Rome, Smil finds, and we need to understand this in order to look ahead without the burden of counterproductive analogies. Superficial similarities do not imply long-term political, demographic, or economic outcomes identical to Rome's.
Are We Rome?
Are We Rome? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Are We Rome? write by Cullen Murphy. This book was released on 2008-05-05. Are We Rome? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What went wrong in imperial Rome, and how we can avoid it: “If you want to understand where America stands in the world today, read this.” —Thomas E. Ricks The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds since the beginning of our republic. Depending on who’s doing the talking, the history of Rome serves as either a triumphal call to action—or a dire warning of imminent collapse. In this “provocative and lively” book, Cullen Murphy points out that today we focus less on the Roman Republic than on the empire that took its place, and reveals a wide array of similarities between the two societies (The New York Times). Looking at the blinkered, insular culture of our capitals; the debilitating effect of bribery in public life; the paradoxical issue of borders; and the weakening of the body politic through various forms of privatization, Murphy persuasively argues that we most resemble Rome in the burgeoning corruption of our government and in our arrogant ignorance of the world outside—two things that must be changed if we are to avoid Rome’s fate. “Are We Rome? is just about a perfect book. . . . I wish every politician would spend an evening with this book.” —James Fallows
Ancient Rome and Modern America
Ancient Rome and Modern America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ancient Rome and Modern America write by Margaret Malamud. This book was released on 2009-03-30. Ancient Rome and Modern America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ancient Rome and Modern America explores the vital role thenarratives and images of Rome have played in America’sunderstanding of itself and its history. Places America’s response to Rome in a historicalcontext, from the Revolutionary era to the present Looks at portrayals of Rome in different media: writing,architecture, theatre, painting, World’s Fairs andExpositions, and film Beautifully illustrated with over 40 high quality photographsand figures
Rome West
Rome West - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rome West write by Brian Wood. This book was released on 2018-07-31. Rome West available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An alt-history account of the founding of America, as a lost fleet of Roman soldiers arrives a thousand years before Columbus. In AD 323, a fleet of Roman ships is lost in a storm, and they find themselves on the shores of the New World, one thousand years before Columbus. Unable to return home, they establish a new colony, Roma Occidens, radically altering the timeline of America and subsequent world events as seen through the eyes of one family. An exploration in alternative history from Brian Wood, Justin Giampaoli, and Andrea Mutti.
