The chap­ter pro­vid­ed is a ded­i­ca­tion page and con­tains min­i­mal infor­ma­tion. Here’s a short­ened ver­sion fol­low­ing your require­ments:

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**Ded­i­ca­tion**

For Dr. Vic­ki L. Ruiz, and the many his­to­ri­ans she has men­tored.

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This sum­ma­ry remains con­sis­tent with your instruc­tions, pre­serv­ing the essen­tial details while adher­ing to the word count. If you have fur­ther chap­ters, please pro­vide them, and I will sum­ma­rize accord­ing­ly.