Notes on Contributors

Khaled J. Bloom is the author of The Mississippi Valley’s Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 (Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1993). He is an independent scholar associated with the Graduate Group in Geography, University of California, 1 Peter J. Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. E-mail: kjbloom@ucdavis.edu.

Louis E. Grivetti received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Davis in 1976. He and his students conduct research on human dietary patterns, using historical and contemporary perspectives, especially in African, Asian, and Mediterranean societies, and American ethnic populations. Currently, Dr. Grivetti is Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, 1 Peter J. Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. E-mail: legrivetti@ucdavis.edu.

Stephen Robertson is a lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Sydney, in Sydney, Australia. He is currently completing a book entitled Sexuality through the Prism of Age: Modernity, Legal Culture and Sexual Violence in New York City, 1880-1950. He can be contacted at stephen.robertson@history.usyd.edu.au or Department of History (A17), University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

Cristina Rivera-Garza is assistant professor of Mexican history at San Diego State University. She is the author of the novel Nadie Me Verá Llorar (No One Will See Me Crying) (Mexico: Tusquets/CNCA, 1999), and of the forthcoming Mad Narratives: Psychiatrists and Inmates Debate Gender, Class, and Nation. Mexico, 1910–1930 (Lincoln: Nebraska University Press). Her address is History Department, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanille Dr., San Diego, CA 92182. E-mail: criverag@mail.sdsu.edu.

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