作者
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1918年八月23日～
2011年四月17日)
喬•科爾頓，哥倫比亞大學哲學博士，1950-1989年任教於杜剋大學歷史係。
Joel G. Colton (August 23, 1918 – April 17, 2011) of Durham, North Carolina, was a modern history author. His textbook, A History of the Modern World, was included in the 1987 The New York Times list of the 19 textbooks considered classics in the field.
He died of congestive heart failure.