(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Bob Moulder. These books deliver what their titles promise by a combination of readable text, archival photos and drawings, boxed quotations, and static illustrations. The books consider lower classes as well as middle and upper. Background artwork often creates a problem for textual legibility, but generally these are accurate, brief surveys of the cities and the culture that has evolved in each. Time lines are appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. These books deliver what their titles promise by a combination of readable text, archival photos and drawings, boxed quotations, and static illustrations. The books consider lower classes as well as middle and upper. Background artwork often creates a problem for textual legibility, but generally these are accurate, brief surveys of the cities and the culture that has evolved in each. Time lines are appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. These books deliver what their titles promise by a combination of readable text, archival photos and drawings, boxed quotations, and static illustrations. The books consider lower classes as well as middle and upper. Background artwork often creates a problem for textual legibility, but generally these are accurate, brief surveys of the cities and the culture that has evolved in each. Time lines are appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Bob Moulder. These books deliver what their titles promise by a combination of readable text, archival photos and drawings, boxed quotations, and static illustrations. The books consider lower classes as well as middle and upper. Background artwork often creates a problem for textual legibility, but generally these are accurate, brief surveys of the cities and the culture that has evolved in each. Time lines are appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Chris Rothero. This book traces historical events and cultural practices in this city first called Byzantium in 657 B.C.E., later the Roman Empire's Constantinople, and in the present-day Istanbul in Turkey. The fluent text is accompanied by historical reproductions, lifeless textbook-quality illustrations, and a few contemporary photos. Boxed quotations, many from primary sources, are frequently effective. A time line is included. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Bob Moulder. These serviceable, though superficial, introductions trace historical events and cultural practices of these cities up to the present. The texts are supported by historical reproductions, effective primary-source quotations, and a few contemporary photos. All the topics (e.g., the Reformation, food) get the same two-page treatment, so the books' focus sometimes lurches. At times, the undistinguished illustrations almost obscure the text. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Bob Moulder. These serviceable, though superficial, introductions trace historical events and cultural practices of these cities up to the present. The texts are supported by historical reproductions, effective primary-source quotations, and a few contemporary photos. All the topics (e.g., the Reformation, food) get the same two-page treatment, so the books' focus sometimes lurches. At times, the undistinguished illustrations almost obscure the text. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. This book traces the city's history from 762 C.E. to the present, including a dispassionate account of the last decade. Chapters on cultural details alternate with historical accounts (sometimes jarringly: the 1958 assassination of King Faisal II is followed by an upbeat "Food in Baghdad" section). Visuals include boxed quotations from primary sources, reproductions, generic illustrations, and color photos. A time line is included. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(3) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. A simple but effective design and crisply worded prose are the highlights of this look at the social history of the capital city of China during its ancient, imperial, and modern periods. Competent but unexciting illustrations dominate the early part of the book, while color photographs are used to portray modern times. A time line is appended. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jackie C. Horne

(3) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. Not only ancient and modern times, but all the history in between is the focus of this lucidly written volume focusing on the social history of the "city of the seven hills." Historical paintings and artwork do a better job than the competent but unexciting illustrations at highlighting the home and public lives of Rome's inhabitants through the centuries. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jackie C. Horne

(3) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. Brook presents the political and social history of the city known as the "Pearl of Africa" in clean, engaging prose, focusing on the many different people and cultures that have called it home from ancient to modern times. Newly created illustrations are far less effective than the historical paintings that illustrate early history; color photos highlight contemporary times. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jackie C. Horne

(3) 4-6 Cities Through Time series. Illustrated by Ray Webb. Historical photographs and drawings, as well as competent if unremarkable artwork, illustrate this social history of the Cuidad de México. Cory's clear prose presents information on private and public life during the major periods of the city: its ancient beginnings, the Aztec period, Spanish colonization, independence, and life in contemporary times. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jackie C. Horne