Brian Underdahl (Reno, NV) is the best-selling author of more than 65 books. His easy to follow writing style makes his subjects clearly understood by a broad range of appreciative readers. His recent titles range from Macromedia Flash MX: The Complete Reference to Xbox: Blow the Lid off and PS2: Blow the Lid Off. Underdahl has been a featured guest on numerous TV shows, has written for many different magazines, and has produced a large number of popular articles for several Web sites.
The study of capitalism challenges archaeologists and thus it is impressive when a scholar succesfully rises to this challenge. Meaning and Ideology in Historical Archaeology meets this challenge and should be read by any scholar interested in understanding capitalism.' American Antiquity, 66: 1 (2001) Heather Burke has produced a very important, perhaps landmark study using archaeological evidence to interpret and understand the evolving boundaries of class and status in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I recommend this book to all historical archaeologists interested in issues of class structure, ideology, material culture or reading building fabric.' Australasian Historical Archaeology, 18 (2000) This volume is a welcome addition to the study of architecture from archaeological perspective ... this body of data from the rural city of Armidale will provide useful comparative material for similar studies undertaken in other former British colonies, for example, in the United States and South Africa.' Historical Archaeology, 35: 2 (2001)