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xi Acknowledgments The idea for this book w as sparked by a comment one of my students made in my principles of ecology course at Antioch . Although The Myth of Progress evolved into something quite different from its or iginal conception, thanks to Susie Caldwell Rinehart for planting the seed.Thanks also to Jared Volpe for doing the initial r esearch on indicators of progress and to m y daughter, Kelsey Wessels, who ser ved as m y able research assistant throughout the development of the manuscript . Special thanks to my wife, MarciaWessels, for her careful reading, editing, and constant support during the writing of the manuscript. I am grateful to my colleague Steve Chase for his extr emely helpful suggestions on the book’ s content and organization.Steve’s guidance was essential in more effectively merging my scientific background with current socioeconomic trends. Finally, I am indebted to Helen Whybrow, John Elder, and Tom Hudspeth for their v ery positive en dorsements of this project and the staff at University Press of New England who have eagerly supported this project.Without their collecti ve efforts this book might not ha ve been published. ...

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