Sabrina Pendergrass, Lauren Rivera, Graziella Silva, and Jessica
Welburn. I also thank the postdocs and the visiting graduate stu-
dents and professors who joined the workshop for varying periods
over the past few years, several of whom discussed the book with me:
Gabi Abend, Janice Aurini, Katri Huutoniemi, Hunaida Ghanim,
Fuyuki Kurasawa,Nasser Meer, Avi Shoshana, Sylvie Tissot, Alexis
Tremoulinas, and Jonathan White.
Special thanks also go to Kathy Mooney, who so skillfully edited
the book, and to my editor at Harvard University Press, Elizabeth
Knoll, for her great enthusiasm for the project from the first time
she learned about it. Also thanks to Adam Kissel, Dorothy Friendly,
Mary Quigley, and especially Joe Cook, who did much more than
providing technical help at various stages in the project.
Finally, I also thank my children, Gabrielle, Pierre, and Chloë, for
offering diversion, entertainment, and love as I worked on the book.
I first thought of dedicating this book to my youngest children, Pi-
erre and Chloë, who were born as I was starting to conceptualize this
project and reached the age of seven by the time I finished (these
were well-spent years). The other natural choices might have been
my colleagues (to oil the wheel of our collective deliberations) or my
graduate students (to keep the flame alive). But in the end, I dedicate
this book to my husband, Frank Dobbin, who is excellent in so many
ways. With loving thanks for the past twenty-five years.
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