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Acknowledgments
Africans say that it takes a village to raise a child—it is certainly true that it takes one to write a textbook! We could not have done it without a community of family, friends, colleagues, students, reviewers, and editors who supported us, nagged us, maddened us, and kept us on our toes. Not only is this a better book because of their help and support, but it would not have been a book at all without them.
In addition to all the folks we gratefully acknowledge in the full edition of this text, some made a particular contribution to this brief edition. We would like to thank the reviewers who have given us their feedback on the past and current brief editions of our book:
Jean Abshire, Indiana University Southeast
Jordon Barkalow, Bridgewater State University
Vicky Cannon Bollenbacher, Aims Community College
Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University
Robert Bradley, Illinois State University
Pam Brunfelt, Vermilion Community College
Betty Chan, American River College
Matthew T. Christensen, Boise State University
David B. Cohen, University of Akron
Victoria Cordova, Sam Houston State University
Timothy Dale, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Robert L. Dion, University of Evansville
Heather K. Evans, Sam Houston State University
Richard Flanagan, College of Staten Island, the City University of New York
Nicole R. Foster-Shoaf, Lincoln University
Shane Gleason, Idaho State University–Pocatello
Christi Gramling, Charleston Southern University
Paul Hain, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Charles A. Hantz, Danville Area Community College
Paul L. Hathaway, Jacksonville State University
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