Acknowledgements
The author acknowledges the indirect contribution of Stan Brignall at Aston to
this text, which is in no small part the result of team teaching at Aston over the
last three years. The author is also grateful for the helpful suggestions made by
Amanda Nayak of Birmingham and Mike Tayles of Bradford. He also thanks Steve
HardmanandSarahBoothatJohnWileyfortheirsupportandhelpfuladvice
throughout the writing of the book.