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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

It is a pleasure to thank the instructors who read and Michael Emig, high school marketing director Janie
critiqued the book and Achieve in preparation for this Pierce-Bratcher, and senior marketing manager Claire
revision: Brantley. Other key contributors are director of rights
and permissions Hilary Newman, executive permissions
Lara Apps, Athabasca University editor Robin Fadool, copyeditor Susan Zorn, and cover
Elizabeth Collins, Triton College designer William Boardman.
Celeste Cunningham, Massachusetts Bay Many of our current and former colleagues at the
Community College University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin–
Robert C. Feinberg, Community College of Rhode Milwaukee, and Georgia State University continue to
Island provide information and stimulation, often without
this sample.
Jennifer Foray, Purdue University even knowing it. We thank them for it. We also thank
the many students over the years with whom we have
Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers.
Peter Frizsche, University of Illinois at Urbana- used earlier editions of this book. Their reactions and
Worth Publishers.
Champaign opinions helped shape the revisions to this edition,
Chad Fulwider, Centenary College of Louisiana and we hope it remains worthy of the ultimate praise
For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.
Hal Goldman, Carleton University that they bestowed on it: that it’s “not boring like most
Uncorrected proofs have been used in
Erika Huckestein, Widener University textbooks.” We thank the Foundation for Civic Space
and Public Policy (Warsaw) and all who participated
Peter Manos, Cleveland State University in its seventeenth annual conference, “Recovering
Bruce Nye, Front Range Community College Forgotten History: The Image of East-Central Europe
by Bedford, Freeman &
Nathan Orgill, Georgia Gwinnett College in English-Language Academic and Text Books,”
Rebecca Reeves, Wallace State Community College in 2019. Their insight and critical yet supportive
commentary helped shape our revisions to Chapters
James Reibman, Northampton County Area 3 through 20.
Community College Merry Wiesner-Hanks would, as always, also like to
Claire Sanders, Texas Christian University thank her husband, Neil, without whom work on this
Matthew West, Lawson State Community College project would not be possible. Clare Haru Crowston
Matthew Zembo, Hudson Valley Community thanks her husband, Ali, and her children, Lili, Reza,
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and Kian, who are a joyous reminder of the vitality
College of life that we try to showcase in this book. Joe Perry
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It is also a pleasure to thank the many editors who thanks his colleagues and students at Georgia State for
have assisted us over the years, first at Houghton Mifflin their intellectual stimulation and is grateful to Joyce de
and now at Bedford/St. Martin’s and Bedford, Freeman Vries for her unstinting support and encouragement.
& Worth. At Bedford/St. Martin’s these include devel- Each of us has benefited from the criticism
opment editor Will Stonefield, executive content project of our coauthors, although each of us assumes
manager Christina Horn, media editor Cara Kaufman, responsibility for what he or she has written and
digital production assistant director Michelle Camisa, revised. Merry Wiesner-Hanks takes responsibility for
associate editor Stephanie Sosa, editorial assistant Chapters 1–2, 4; Clare Crowston takes responsibility
Kalinda Collins, senior executive program manager for Chapters 3, 5–10; and Joe Perry takes responsibility
William J. Lombardo, and senior program director for Chapters 11–20.
Erika Gutierrez. At Bedford, Freeman & Worth, these We’d especially like to acknowledge the founding
include program director Yolanda Cossio, development authors, John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill, and John
editor Kelly Noll, assistant editor Sophie Dora Tulchin, Buckler, for their enduring contributions and for their
media manager Lisa Samols, associate media editor faith in each of us to carry on their legacy.

merry e. wiesner-hanks
clare haru crowston
joe perry

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