Ryan Boehm: 2 books
City and Empire in the Age of the Successors
Urbanization and Social Response in the Making of the Hellenistic Kingdoms
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
In the chaotic decades after the death of Alexander the Great, the world of the Greek city-state became deeply embroiled in the political struggles and unremitting violence of his successors’ contest for supremacy. As these presumptive rulers turned to the practical reality of administering the...
by Samuel Boerboom, Joe Abisaid, Jennifer Adams
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
The Political Language of Food addresses why the language used in the production, marketing, selling, and consumption of food is inherently political. Food language is rarely neutral and is often strategically vague, which tends to serve the interests of powerful entities.Boerboom and his contributors...