Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge and thank Haverford College and Bryn Mawr College for the generous support they gave us to complete this project. Special thanks go to Terry Snyder, Michael Zarafonetis, Andrew Janco, Maria Ocando Finol, Christine Boyland, and Jennifer Spohrer for helping us with technical issues, teaching us all the tricks of the PressBooks platform, and always having an encouraging word to help us move forward with our project.

Furthermore, a warm thanks goes to our Chair and friend Roberta Ricci and our beloved colleagues Alessandro Giammei, Giulio Genovese, and Luca Zipoli for their continuous support, encouragement, and help. Above all, we are extremely grateful to our students Ava Panetto and Olivia Colace, who worked so hard to make this volume (and the Moodle option) possible and whose perspective and advice were crucial to creating an inclusive and diverse textbook. Grazie!