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JoinoveronemillionstudentswhohaveusedSpielvogel'stextstobesuccessfulintheirWesternCivilizationcourse!There'sareasonWESTERNCIVILIZATIONisthebestseller:itmakesthe"storyofhistory"comealive.Spielvogel'stexti
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JacksonJ.SpielvogelisassociateprofessoremeritusofhistoryatThePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.HereceivedhisPh.D.fromTheOhioStateUniversity,wherehespecializedinReformationhistoryunderHaroldJ.Grimm.Hisarticlesandreviewshaveappearedinjournalssuchas"Moreana,""JournalofGeneralEducation,""CatholicHistoricalReview,""ArchivfürReformationsgeschichte,"and"AmericanHistoricalReview."Hehasalsocontributedchaptersorarticlesto"TheSocialHistoryofReformation,"THEHOLYROMANEMPIRE:ADICTIONARYHANDBOOK,"SimonWiesenthalCenterAnnualofHolocaustStudies,"and"UtopianStudies."HisworkhasbeensupportedbyfellowshipsfromtheFulbrightFoundationandtheFoundationforReformationResearch.AtPennState,hehelpedinauguratetheWesterncivilizationcoursesaswellasapopularcourseonNaziGermany.HisbookHITLERANDNAZIGERMANYwaspublishedin1987(FifthEdition,2005).Heistheco-author(withWilliamDuiker)ofWORLDHISTORY,firstpublishedinJanuary1994(SixthEdition,2010).ProfessorSpielvogelhaswonfivemajoruniversity-wideteachingawards.Duringtheyear1988-1989,heheldthePennStateTeachingFellowship,theuniversity'smostprestigiousteachingaward.In1996,hewontheDeanArthurRayWarnockAwardforOutstandingFacultymember,andin2000receivedtheSchreyerHonorsCollegeExcellenceinTeachingAward.
