The author would like to thank Ken Pecka for tireless patience and many hours of creative work in producing camera-ready copy. Without Gail Fielding’s help the research for this book could not have been done. Hans Bynagle offered valuable advice on copyright issues. I am grateful to Ayelet Rubin of The Jewish National and University Library for assistance at a crucial moment in the preparation for this volume. Professor John Yoder is certainly not responsible for, except in the sense of much improving, the entries having to do with Africa. I am also grateful to Whitworth College, which generously provided the time and technical support for this work, and to Stacy Warren of Eastern Washington University for her help and advice.
Many thanks to Jon Woronoff, Sally Craley, and Kim Tabor for their expertise and helpful suggestions, and to Scarecrow Press for sponsoring this project.