Acknowledgements

The editor would like to acknowledge the role at OUP of Christopher Wheeler in suggesting this book and of Kate Hind in seeing it through to completion. I am also grateful to Reading University History Department who welcomed an initial workshop of the chapters by most of the contributors in February 2007 and to Samantha Quinn for checking and the index. Elizabeth Stone was a sub-editor of dedication well beyond the call of duty and has proved yet again how crucial good subediting is to quality publication.