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xix Acknowledgments Not surprisingly, given the long duration and breadth of this project, there are many people whom the editors would like to thank. Jean-Frédéric Schaub and François Weil helped conceive of the project . Simon Newman, Jörg Nagler, and Manfred Berg gave important advice at an early stage, and the American history centers at their universities (Glasgow, Jena, and Heidelberg, respectively) joined with the Centre d’études nord-américaines (CENA) of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris and the Oxford Centre for Research in United States History (OxCRUSH) in establishing a network of researchers. The Maison Française in Oxford helped finance the initial activities, and the Leverhulme Trust kindly funded the fully fledged network. The Leverhulme grant allowed us to hire the incomparable Eleanor Thompson , to whom the Oxford history faculty gave a base. No mean historian in her own right, Eleanor combined unfailing cheerfulness and efficient administration. Steve Tuffnell graciously took up the reins from Eleanor when another job took her elsewhere, and did excellent work pulling the remaining strands together. Ian Tyrrell, Ivan Kurilla, and Akira Iriye gave their time and insight nearer the end. The indefatigable Maurizio Vaudagna hosted a workshop in Trento for the Italian Centro Interuniversitario di Storia e Politica Euro-Americana (CISPEA), and Carole Du Bois put together a panel at the American Historical Association’s annual conference in Chicago, xx | Acknowledgments where we trialed some of our findings and received generous feedback. Special thanks to Ferdinando Fasce, Alice Kessler-Harris, and Jeremi Suri for their comments at those events. Niels Hooper at University of California Press was an enthusiastic supporter as soon as he saw the manuscript, and his team have worked hard and thoroughly to ensure that an unusual project with notes in many languages pulled together coherently and accurately. Finally, our thanks to our coauthors, who hail from a variety of countries, backgrounds, and areas of expertise. Our gratitude as well to Isabel Soto, Simon Newman, and Susan-Marie Grant, who joined the project with their energy and talent but could not be part of this book. This has been a wonderful experience for us—new friendships, great conversations, and fruitful research. In Paris especially, good food and wine too. That the project worked so well, and was so enjoyable, is down to the patience, commitment, and flexibility of these scholars, who were prepared to devote much time and thought to an entirely new subject, which for many years seemed to have little likelihood of turning into a book. For their sake, above all, we are delighted it has. Nicolas Barreyre, Michael Heale, Stephen Tuck, and Cécile Vidal Columbus Day, 2013 ...

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