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John A. Moretta earned a B.A. in History from Santa Clara University in CA., an M.A. in History from Portland State University in Oregon, and a Ph.D. in History from Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is currently Professor of History and Chair of the Social Sciences Dept. of Central College, Houston Community College System in Houston, Texas. Dr. Moretta is also an adjunct professor at the University of Houston, where he has taught both undergraduate and graduate classes on a variety of historical topics, ranging from Texas history to United States history through American fiction. He is also an adjunct professor of history in the university’s Honor’s College. Dr. Moretta’s first book, William Pitt Ballinger, Texas Lawyer, Southern Statesman, won the 2003 San Antonio Conservation Society’s award for one of the best books in Texas history. In addition to his book, Dr. Moretta has also written several articles on Texas history, published in both local and national historical journals, such as Civil War History. He is a co-author of The Western Dream of Civilization and American Dreams, American Reality. He is currently completing a biography of William Penn for Addison Wesley Longman’s Library of American Biography Series. Expected publication date is fall, 2005.

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Carl Luna is a professor of Political Science and chair of the Accelerated College Program at San Diego Mesa College and is a regular lecturer on American politics, comparative politics, and international political economy at the University of San Diego. Dr. Luna received his Ph.D. from American University, Washington, D.C. and his B.A. in political science, history, and philosophy from the University of San Diego. In addition to teaching and research, he is a recurrent guest on San Diego radio and television, commenting on local, state, and national politics, and writes frequently on politics for the San Diego Union Tribune and writes the political weblog “Political Lunacy” for the paper’s on-line service. He has also been a commentator on presidential and California politics for PBS’s Online NewsHour, USA Today, CBS news and BBC radio. Dr. Luna is a former Fulbright scholar (lecturing on American politics and political economy at Nizhniy Novgorod State University, Russian Federation during the 1999/2000 academic year). He is a contributing author to The Western Dream of Civilization and an editor and revision author for People & Politics: Introduction to American Government, Gregory Publishing Company.


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Timothy D. Holder is an assistant professor at Walters State Community College in Tennessee. He has a Ph.D. and an M.A. in History from the University of Kentucky and a B.A. from Asbury College. Dr. Holder was a contributor to the Encyclopedia of International Military History and a co-author of The Western Dream of Civilization. He has had numerous reviews published of books in the following genres: history, historical fiction, and culture.



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Jaime Ramón Olivares is currently a Professor of History at Houston Community College in Houston, Texas. He earned a B.A in International Relations and an M.A and Ph. D. in History from the University of Houston. Dr. Olivares teaches courses in American History and the History of Mexican Americans. He has published numerous Encyclopedia articles on censorship, labor relations, and foreign policy. He is currently working on revising his dissertation for publication. He has submitted an article on the Latin American Working Class to Latin American Perspectives.


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