Book Reviews

Originally a small town on the banks of the Tiber River, Rome grew in size and strength through trade. The location of the city provided merchants with an easily navigable waterway on which to traffic their goods. Greek culture and civilization...

At nearly a thousand pages this is a titan of a book covering 3000 to 1000BC. This period includes two of the Mediterranean's most influential civilizations - the Minoan and Mycenaean. This volume is a compilation of more than sixty specially...

Hellenika covers 411-362BC, the final years and aftermath of the Peloponnesian War. This edition has everything: maps galore, illustrations, many illustrative photos of ancient sites (in b&w), footnotes, detailed appendixes of other related...

When discussing an academic book on mapping, one might expect a text laden with lists of geological and geographical features of places that are barely depicted beyond soils and sediments. However, this book is a delightful surprise. It stands...

The reader is greeted with an iconic photo, likely recognizable from any lower division textbook or online article, of men waiting in line for a meal. The photo is misleading for two reasons. First, it is dated to 1931. Although relevant...

In American Crusade: Christianity, Warfare, and National Identity, 1860-1920, Taylor University's Associate Professor of History Benjamin J. Wetzel explores the way Christian religious ideology and ‘social location’ shaped how American Christians...

The Colony and the Company by Malick W. Ghachem is an articulately written and intellectually ambitious work that offers a compelling historical lens through which readers can examine the early foundations of the Caribbean’s most influential...

Alexander von Humboldt: A Concise Biography by Andreas W. Daum, published by Princeton University Press and translated by Robert Savage, offers a compact yet thoughtful introduction to one of the most compelling figures in world history...

In the vast landscape of literature dedicated to ancient Egypt, Treasures of Egypt: A Legacy in Photographs From the Pyramids to Cleopatra emerges as a truly captivating and essential addition. This volume, intended for both the seasoned...

Chloe Ahmann’s Futures After Progress offers a delightful journey into South Baltimore’s environment and ecology. South Baltimore, due to frequent factory fires, chemical explosions, and aerial pollutants, has transformed into one of the...