Christopher Cumo

Chris Cumo earned his MA and PhD in history at the University of Akron. Throughout graduate school he focused on Roman antiquity and became engrossed with the ancient world. His knowledge of ancient philosophy centers on his reading of Plato’s dialogues. These concentrations strengthened the breadth and depth of his earlier book with Algora, Skeptic’s Guide to Jesus.His usual research focuses largely on the history of science, so that he uses the methodologies of history and the Scientific Method daily. He has taught at three different universities and has written as an independent contractor for several publishers, including ABC-CLIO in Santa Barbara, CA. Nine of his books have been published.In 2015 economist Branko Milanovic noted that wealth inequality had become “a much more important topic in the press, social networks and academic publications over the last 3 or 4 years.” Mindful of this trend, Chris Cumo set out to explore the disparity between rich and poor throughout prehistory and history and ended up producing the current book. In his work, he sought to argue that inequality as a concept and as an actuality permits historians, social scientists, and scientists to unify the study of our past. That is, the imperative toward inequality, hierarchy, stratification, or whatever noun is preferred, shaped our social evolution, prehistory, and history.Dr. Cumo is a member of the Ohio Academy of Science, the History of Science Society, the Agricultural History Society, and the American Historical Association.