Book Reviews: Makedon (Macedonia)
Makedonika: Essays by Eugene Borza, edited by Carol Thomas, Regina Books, 1995Review needed...
A History of Macedonia, R. Malcolm
Errington, University of California Press, 1990
Review
needed...
The Macedonian State: Origins,
Institutions and History, N.G.L. Hammond, Oxford University Press, 1989
Review needed...
In The Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of
Macedon, Eugene Borza, Princeton University Press, 1990 (Paperback
ed.)
Reviewer: Christopher Bates
Borza's book covers the period of the Argead dynasty, and therefore
ends with the death of Alexander the Great. Arranged in narrative and thematic
chapters; Borza has attempted to present academic theory in a manner more
absorbable by the general reader. In this respect Borza has only partly
succeeded as the work is less accessible than Errington's 'A History of
Macedonia', which also covers Macedonian history down to the defeat and
absorbtion by Rome. Yet, for readers who persevere, Borza provides a valuable
overview of Argead history, and a useful counterpoint to the works of Hammond;
who Borza opening disagrees with on several issues- notably Macedonian
'Greekness'. The paperback edition also contains new appendices discussing (in
a limited fashion) advancements in Macedonian research since the publication of
the hardback edition. If you can only afford one book on Macedonia then
Errington's 'History' would be the safer option. If you can afford two then
Borza would be a valuable and worthwhile addition.
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