ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This book was produced by Manly, Inc. Karen L. Rood is senior editor and Anthony J. Scotti Jr. is series editor. James F. Tidd Jr. was the in-house editor.
Production manager is Philip B. Dematteis.
Administrative support was provided by Ann M. Cheschi, Dawnca T. Williams, and Mary A. Womble.
Accountant is Kathy Weston. Accounting assistant is Amber L. Coker.
Copyediting supervisor is Phyllis A. Avant. The copy-editing staff includes Brenda Carol Blanton, Allen E. Friend Jr., Melissa D. Hinton, William Tobias Mathes, Jennifer S. Reid, Nancy E. Smith, and Elizabeth Jo Ann Sumner. Freelance copyeditor is Rebecca Mayo.
Editorial associates are Michael S. Allen and Michael S. Martin.
Layout and graphics supervisor is Janet E. Hill. The graphics staff includes Karla Corley Brown and Zoe R. Cook.
Office manager is Kathy Lawler Merlette.
Permissions editor is Jeff Miller.
Photography editors are Charles Mims, Scott Nemzek, and Paul Talbot.
Digital photographic copy work was performed by Joseph M. Bruccoli.
SGML supervisor is Cory McNair. The SGML staff includes Frank Graham, Linda Dalton Mullinax, Jason Paddock, and Alex Snead.
Systems manager is Marie L. Parker.
Typesetting supervisor is Kathleen M. Flanagan. The typesetting staff includes Mark J. McEwan, Patricia Flanagan Salisbury, and Alison Smith. Freelance typesetters are Wanda Adams and Vicki Grivetti.
Walter W. Ross did library research. He was assisted by Steven Gross and the following librarians at the Thomas Cooper Library of the University of South Carolina; circulation department head Tucker Taylor; reference department head Virginia W. Weathers; Brette Barclay, Marilee Birchfield, Paul Cammarata, Gary Geer, Michael Macan, Tom Marcii, Rose Marshall, and Sharon Verba; interlibrary loan department head John Brunswick; and Robert Arndt, Hayden Battle, Barry Bull, Jo Cottingham, Marna Hostetler, Marieum McClary, Erika Peake, and Nelson Rivera, interlibrary loan staff.
Dr. McConnell also would like to thank Amy Sellers and Catherine Harm, students at Columbia College, who served as editorial assistants, tracking down obscure but vital facts and keeping things in reasonable order. The following people contributed entries for the Arts chapter: Jason Paddock of Manly (Music: Hip-Hop Trends), Burt Pardue of Columbia (Music: Jazz), and Dr. James Patterson of the USC Theater Department (Theater). In the Law and Justice chapter, Peter Mayes of Columbia wrote the Headline Maker on O. J. Simpson. The reference librarians at the J. Drake Edens Library of Columbia College, Amy Fordham, Sandy Leach, and Jane Tuttle answered many questions and found information in the most unlikely places. In addition, the Department of History and Political Science at Columbia College offered the editor the time and encouragement to bring this project to fruition. Dr. McConnell dedicates this book to all his students.
