Executive Vice President and Publisher

Frank Menchaca

Director, New Product Development

Hélène Potter

Project Editors

Jane A. Malonis
Carol A. Schwartz

Contributing Editors

Erin Bealmear, Deirdre S. Blanchfield, Steve Cusack, Angela Doolin, Susan Doty, Jason Everett, Alan Hedblad, Monica Hubbard, Lynn Koch, Melissa McDade, Bradley J. Morgan, Scot Peacock, Drew Silver, Ken Wachsberger

Editorial Technical Support

Josh Kondek, Andrew Malonis, Mark Mikula, Mark Springer

Manuscript Editors

Robert A. Arlt, Dorothy Bauhoff, Sharon R. Gunton, William Kaufman, Eric Lagergren, Steven M. Long, Gina Misiroglu, Marie L. Thompson, Alan Thwaits, Amy Unterburger

Proofreaders

Archie Hobson, John Krol, Amy Unterburger

Bibliographic Researcher

Michael Farmer

Translators

Names of translators appear throughout the body of the Encyclopedia, at the end of each article that has been rendered into English.

Indexer

Coughlin Indexing Services

Product Design

Kate Scheible

Graphic Art

Argosy Publishing

Composition

Evi Seoud

Manufacturing

Wendy Blurton