糖心Vlog传媒LR history professor publishes book
Internationally renowned scholar and University of Arkansas at Little Rock history professor Dr. Edward Anson had a second edition of his book, 鈥淓umenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians,鈥� released this summer.
Published by Brill Academic, the book is extensively revised from his 2004 edition, with new cuneiform material and a bibliography that includes 80 new entries.
鈥淚t has been a decade since the first edition, and much new research has been added since the original,鈥� Anson said.
Eumenes of Cardia was a royal secretary who became a major contender for power after the death of Alexander the Great and was close to securing control of the Asian remnants of Alexander鈥檚 empire. Anson鈥檚 book argues that, despite traditional telling, Eumenes鈥� defeat and death were not caused by the fact that he had Greek rather than Macedonian origins.
The book may be purchased at Brill Academic and Barnes and Noble. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Ottenheimer library also holds a copy.
Additionally, Anson had three chapters published in books this summer:
鈥� 鈥淎lexander at the Beas鈥� in 鈥淓ast and West in the Empire of Alexander: Essays in Honour of Brian Bosworth鈥� by Oxford University Press
鈥� 鈥溾�楽hock and Awe鈥� 脿 la Alexander the Great鈥� in 鈥淭he Many Faces of War鈥� by Oxford University Press
鈥� 鈥淐ounter-Insurgency: The Lessons of Alexander the Great鈥� in 鈥淕reece, Macedon, and Persia: Studies in Social, Political and Military History, A Festschrift honoring Waldemar Heckel鈥� by Oxbow Books
Anson has published more than 50 encyclopedia articles, 14 book chapters, and more than 30 peer-reviewed articles.
His recently published books, 鈥淎lexander the Great: Themes and Issues鈥� and 鈥淎lexander鈥檚 Heirs: The Age of the Diadochi,鈥� was called 鈥渆ssential for all college and university libraries鈥� by the American Library Association.
Anson is renowned for his work and study of fourth century B.C. Greek history. He is acclaimed by scholars all over the world for his area of specialization in the era of Alexander the Great and his successors.
His degrees include a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and a B.A. from Drake University.