Acknowledgments

I am grateful to the people at North Broad Press, Annie Johnson, Alicia Pucci, and Mary Rose Muccie, for all their excellent help in this book. I also thank my good friends at Temple University who helped significantly in this book, Fred Rowland and Jeff Rients. I also want to thank my peer reviewers, Karen Yancey (Community College of Philadelphia) and Dr. Renee Dyer (Limestone University), who offered thoughtful suggestions that improved the book.