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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
For financial support, I thank the Department of
Romance Languages of The University of Arizona for a teaching
assistantship, the Mexican government for a "Beca Abraham
Lincoln," and the United States Government for an NDEA IV
Fellowship.
For research assistance, I thank the staff of the
Hemeroteca Nacional, the staff of the Centro de Estudios
Literarios, and the staff--especially Miss Blanca Castanon--
of the Biblioteca Nacional in Mexico City.
For personal information, I thank the family of Emilio
Rabasa, especially his son Lie. Oscar Rabasa and his grandson
Lie. Emilio 0. Rabasa.
For technical help, I thank my committee, especially
my director Dr. Renato I. Rosaldo.
For her long hours and hard work as a typist, I
thank Miss Jan Downing.
For moral support, patience and all the other intan­
gible elements, I thank my wife Karen.