The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition

Editor

• Paul Lagassé

Senior Editors

• Lora Goldman
• Archie Hobson
• Susan R. Norton

Associate Editors

• Barry J. Katzen
• Alan D. Levy
• Theodore Zinn

Contributors

• Curt Bertschi
• Helen Chumbley
• Jonathan Director
• Louis Epstein
• Joseph Gustaitis
• Bonny Hart
• Diane Kukich
• William A. McGeveran, Jr.
• Alan Oppenheim
• Marco Ribeiro
• Megan R. Schade

Pronunciation

• John K. Bollard

Copy Editors

• Hannah Borgeson
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• Kerri Cox
• David A. Lynch
• Jana Martin
• Joan Rosenblatt
• Greg Winston

Researchers and Editorial Assistants

• Anaga Dalal
• Molly DeStafney
• James E. Nealis

Publisher

• William B. Strachan

Assistant Director of the Press for Reference Publishing

• James Raimes

Creative Director, Manufacturing and Technology

• Linda Secondari

Designer

• Richard Hendel

Cartographer

• Christopher L. Brest

Proofreaders

• Neil Azevedo
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• Chanita Baumhaft
• Joyce Brody
• Frank Caso
• Mary Flower
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• Tessa Kale
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• David A. Lynch
• Eleanor Mikucki
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