Now that Scars on the Land is out in the world, I'd like to thank some of the people and institutions that helped bring it to fruition. OUP History The University of Edinburgh global.oup.com/academic/produ…

My students and colleagues HCAatEdinburgh have been amazingly supportive, especially Fabian Hilfrich Frank Cogliano Dr Megan Hunt Diana Paton (and others not on twitter). I would not have been able to research and write this book without their steady friendship.

I want to thank the amazing people at OUP History for making the book look so good. I am very grateful for the blurbs by Manisha Sinha @abufelix12 T. Glymph@thavolia and Tim Silver.

A thousand conversations with friends, colleagues, and mentors shaped this book. A radically incomplete list of those who helped me would include @analuciaraujo_ Bruce E. Baker Dr Catherine Bateson @PeterCarmicha15 Dr. Catherine Clinton @DrKarenLCox Dr. Adam H. Domby Dr. Jim Downs @CaroleEmberton