xv ­Acknowledgments There ­were so many ­people who worked on this proj­ect in the background and the foreground at ABC-­CLIO. You all have my sincerest gratitude. Much obliged to Kim Kennedy-­White who assigned me the proj­ect. I am thankful for Barbara Patterson who dealt with all the mind-­boggling details. Jane Glenn, the develop- mental editor for this proj­ect, is a rock star. Whenever I had prob­lems she was ­ there. I appreciate all the work put in by the contributors. Shruti Chopra and Larry Gold- berg at Westchester Publishing Ser­vices ­ were an enormous help. My wife, Shula, put up with me as did my ­daughters, Taya and Tamya. I am grateful for their patience. Fi­nally, thank you to my ancestors, known and unknown, for providing me this opportunity.
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