The chapters in this volume were presented on July 30-31, 2004, at the Corruption and Reform conference held at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA. --Acknowledgments
This volume has been published in conjunction with the exhibition, Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing, held at the Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago, November 11, 2006-March 25, 2007 --T.p. verso