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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Toni Tan and the staff at Cambria Press for their wonderful guidance and patience with me during the production of this book. Geoffrey Shullenberger with the Writing Center at Brown University deserves my special thanks for his superb proofreading work. Peter Schmid and Christine Gleisner with the Archivo Histórico Emilio Held in Santiago gave me free rein to roam the collection and assisted me with invaluable information and document services. Gabriel Peralta with the Museo y Archivo Histórico Municipal in Osorno did my project a great service in allowing me to hold armfuls of documents hostage at a time. Milan Ivelic, Doralisa Duarte, and Marianne Wacquez with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes have graciously provided images in the most uncomplicated fashion.
In addition, a large number of colleagues, friends, and relatives have helped me with this project, directly or indirectly, over the years, and I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to them. I am especially grateful to the colleagues who have offered their help and advice to further my research. Thomas Kniesche at Brown University challenged my thinking with his much-appreciated ample and meticulous comments; much of the theoretical foundation for this work was laid in our weekly study consultations.