Acknowledgements
There were dozens of people who contributed to writing the first edition of
this book, many of whom were good enough to lend a hand this time
around, too.
My sincere thanks to all friends and colleagues who were so generous
with their time and expertise. Most especially I would like to thank John
Rickford, Joe Salmons, Pam Beddor, Tricia Cukor-Avila, Jane Hill,
Matthew Gordon, John Baugh, Carmen Fought, Walt Wolfram and
Vershawn Ashanti Young.
Thanks to John S. Adams, Peter Gould, Ronald Abler, and Dolly
Withrow for kindly allowing the use of their work.
Thanks also to the many people who helped me locate articles and other
resources that eluded me, including Patricia Rosenmeyer, Lesley Milroy,
Marcyliena Morgan, Rusty Barrett, Chad D. Nilep, Lauren Hall-Lew,
Aneta Pavlenko, Tara S. Sanchez, Jessi Elana Aaron, Beth Markocic,
Sharon M. Klein, Jennifer Leeman, Dennis Preston, Erik Thomas,
Panayota Gounari, Mark Patkowski, Alicia Beckford Wassink, Jeff Siegel,
Andrea L. Menz, Catherine Evans Davies, William Chin, Tracey L.
Weldon, Monica MacCauley, George Aaron Broadwell, Valerie M
Fridland, Thomas Purnell, Erik Thomas. Felisa Salvago-Keyes, my editor
at Routledge, showed remarkable patience as she shepherded me along. I
am thankful for her help. I am also indebted to my anonymous reviewers
for helpful insights and suggestions.
I count myself very fortunate in friends and family, who keep me
moving forward when things get rough: Penny Chambers, who asks me to
read work in progress out loud and then really listens; my daughter
Elisabeth for modeling courage in the face of adversity; my husband Bill.
Everybody should be so lucky.
While every effort has been made to locate rights holders for content in
this book, the publishers would be happy to hear from any they were
unable to contact.