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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Upon completion of a large project, one feels satisfaction and gratitude toward those who have helped him reach that point. Throughout my career I have been fortunate to receive enormous help and encouragement from Robert Durden, Raymond Gavins, Jeffrey Crow, and Emory Thomas. In polishing this book I have benefited greatly from the comments and advice of Ray Gavins, Jeff Crow, Bill Freehling, Michele Gillespie, and my editor, Dick Holway . I thank these individuals for their invaluable assistance and friendship. In addition, John David Smith and an anonymous reader for the University of Virginia Press provided extremely useful comments and suggestions. I thank Simone Caron, the chairperson of my department, for her steady support and two students, Katherine Powell and Amy Mueller, for research assistance . Any deficiencies of this text remain solely my responsibility. This page intentionally left blank ...

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