JOHN P. MCKAY is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. BENNETT D. HILL (deceased) was Chairman and Professor of History at the University of Illinois, USA, and also Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, USA. JOHN BUCKLER is Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. CLARE HARU CROWSTON is Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. MERRY E. WEISNER-HANKS is UWM Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.