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For My Mother and Father
Vigiuta Braidota and Gigi Mulin r

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The development of this text has involved thorough program of reviewing, for both pedagogical and topical content as well as for accuracy. Many colleagues were involved in this process. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged:

Douglas B. Brumm, Michigan Technological University

Arthur R. Butz, Northwestern University

Peter Dorato, University of New Mexico

John A. Fleming, Texas A&M University

Gary E. Ford, University of California-Davis

William J. Jameson, Jr., Montana State University

Bruce E. Johansen, Ohio Northern University

James S. Kang, California Polytechnic State University-Pomona

Robert F. Lambert, University of Minnesota

Robert J. Mayhan, The Ohio State University

Mahmood Nahvi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Many thanks to the focus group participants for their helpful suggestions:

Roger Conant, University of Illinois-Chicago

Ibrahim Hajj, University of Illinois-Urbana

Sayfe Kiaei, Oregon State University

Michael Lightner, University of Colorado