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Acknowledgments For their helpful responses to parts of this book at various stages of its composition, I'd like to thank Ellen Greene,Julie Green,Julian Wolfreys, Christian Gregory, Mary Childers, Amitava Kumar, Susan Kates, Stephanie Smith, Tim Murphy,John Murchek, AI Shoaf, Brandy Kershner , and Ira Clark. Special thanks are due to Eve Bannet, Michelle Lekas, Caryl Flinn, Elizabeth Langland, and Michael Berube, who read and critiqued the entire thing for me; they are not to be blamed for my inability to profit from all oftheir suggestions. I'd also like to acknowledge the editors and publishers ofjournal x, in which an abbreviated version ofChapter 3was first published under the title "The Uselessness ofEducation:' Indebted as I am to Cathie Brettschneider for laughter and encouragment , to Ron Schleifer for nourishment and entertainment, and toJerry Singerman for putting up with my crankiness, I also wish to thank them-inadequately, I'm sure, but sincerely. ...

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