Frontmatter Introduction

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Neil F. Comins

University of Maine

William J. Kaufmann III

San Diego State University

Tenth Edition

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A Macmillian Higher Education Company

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Dedicated to my aunt Zelda Fields and to the memory of my uncle David S. Fields.

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