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'''Alan I. Marcus''' (born August 15, 1949) is the author of the history textbook ''[[Building Western Civilization: From the Advent of Writing to the Age of Steam]]'' (1998) <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ofL1PQAACAAJ&q=Building+Western+Civilization:+From+the+Advent+of+Writing+to+the+Age+of+Steam|title=Building Western Civilization: From the Advent of Writing to the Age of Steam|isbn=9780155001152|last1=Marcus|first1=Alan I.|year=1998}}</ref> He is also the author of works focusing on the History of Technology, Science, Medicine, Intellectual History, and the History of Agriculture. His most recent work ''[[Malignant Growth: Creating the Modern Cancer Research Establishment, 1875-1915]]'' was published in 2018 by the University of Alabama Press.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uapress.ua.edu/product/Malignant-Growth,6783.aspx|title=Malignant Growth - University of Alabama Press}}</ref> He was a [[professor]] of history at [[Iowa State University]] from 1980 to 2005.<ref name=CAO>{{cite book|chapter=Alan I. Marcus|title=Contemporary Authors Online|publisher=Gale|location=Detroit|year=2006}}</ref> He started his position as the head of the history department at [[Mississippi State University]] in 2005 and is currently in that position. He has received numerous awards and honors throughout his academic career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/aimarcus.htm |title=Alan I Marcus - Department of History - Mississippi State University |accessdate=2010-05-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528215726/http://www.msstate.edu/dept/history/aimarcus.htm |archivedate=2010-05-28 }}</ref>

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