* Most of the work on this volume was accomplished during my stay as Fellow at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina. I express my deep appreciation of the vibrant intellectual atmosphere at the Center and acknowledge the generosity of the National Endowment for the Humanities which funded my fellowship. I also acknowledge the copyeditor Bela Malik whose intelligence and meticulousne...

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