The editors would like to extend their deepest appreciation to the various contributors to this volume, both the authors who have been with us from the very beginning and equally to those who joined on later when the project was very much in doubt. This project would, quite literally, be nothing without their hard work and patience. We would also like to acknowledge Dr. Sean Noah Walsh, who, despite having to drop off the project for personal and professional reasons, was a vital catalyst to this volume getting off the ground—and for the initial pedagogical inspiration that led to the writing of the initial article for Class, Race and Corporate Power from which the idea for this collection blossomed. We would also like to thank Maylin Hernandez for not only coming up with arguably the best chapter title in this collection (perhaps in any edited volume ever), but also for her diligent and unremunerated supplementary copy-editing of many of the chapters.
Specifically, Bryant would like to thank Mary Caputi for enthusiastically taking up co-editorship of the volume after Sean needed to step away. Her perpetual positivity and light-heartedness combined with her ceaselessly thoughtful and seemingly effortless work making my often-thorny writing more coherent and her sophisticated contributions to our co-written pieces that bookend the collection, are simply beyond words. All of that, combined with her capacities for compassionate, optimistic mentorship, have made this volume incalculably better.
In turn, Mary would like to thank Bryant for offering the possibility to work with him on this volume. I am deeply grateful to Bryant for allowing me to be a part of this important collection of essays that he and Sean initiated, and Bryant has been the central mover and shaker behind it from the beginning. It has been a pleasure working with Bryant whose energy, dedication, and uncompromising political convictions are an inspiration to us all, since the critical edge that informs his vision is precisely what is needed at this historical moment. Bryant’s commitment to scholarly excellence coupled with engaged political activism runs throughout this volume, and his sensibilities offer an exemplary model for the classrooms of the twenty-first century. Working with Bryant gives me hope for the future, since it is truly inspiring to see such drive, integrity, and perseverance in a young intellectual.
The editors would like to thank Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and the editors of Class, Race and Corporate Power for their permissions to republish versions of articles as Chapters 1, 3, 4, and 8.