The textbook was cowritten by six individuals: John P. McKay, Bennett D. Hill, John Buckler, Clare Haru Crowston, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks and Joe Perry. All of the authors have PhDs from American universities and each one of them have had some works published. McKay, the main author, is a history professor at the University of Illinois. Additionally, the publisher of the textbook is Bedford-St. Martin’s, the leading publisher company in disciplines of history, communications and music in the United States. In the twenty-fourth chapter of the textbook on pages seven hundred six to seven hundred eight, one of the primary focuses are the history of politics in Italy until 1850. Likewise, the following text goes into detail of Cavour and Garibaldi
