Many people have helped directly and indirectly with this multifarious project, from scholars to brewers. I am especially sad that my Ph.D. advisor Anne Monius died before the book was finished and I could not share it with her—I raise my glass to Anne.
First, I wish to thank my friend and mentor Stephanie Jamison for all her sup- port and advice over the last few years. The thoughtful anonymous readers of the proposal and draft at Oxford University Press were enormously helpful in bringing some shape and order to what started out as a rather unwieldy pro- ject and I am grateful for all their diligent work. The University of Southern California also generously provided an opportunity for two scholars to read the book at a later stage, Patrick Olivelle and Projit Mukharji, whom I thank for their excellent comments and suggestions. I also thank all my colleagues and the grad- uate students in my department who attended this manuscript discussion event, and who offered many useful suggestions.