Each of these eminent authorities read a chapter of An Amateur’s Guide to the Planet prior to publication and provided invaluable suggestions and expertise.

Madagascar

Prof. Alison Jolly, Princeton University

China

Jay Mathews, former Beijing bureau chief, The Washington Post

Borneo

• Prof. Jerome Rousseau, McGill University
• Prof. Allen R. Maxwell, University of Alabama

Kenya & Tanzania

Prof. Neil Henry, University of California, Berkeley

Japan

• Fumiko Mori Halloran, Japan Update
• Richard Halloran, former Tokyo bureau chief, The New York Times

Polynesia

• Prof. Yosihiko Sinoto, Bishop Museum, Honolulu
• Prof. Lynne Withey, University of California, Berkeley

Greece

Yoriko Kishimoto, author of The Third Century: America’s Resurgence in the Asian Era

The Yucatan

Prof. Flora S. Clancy University of New Mexico.

Java and Bali

• Lecturer Tim Behrend, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Prof. Colleen McDannell, University of Utah

Burma

• Maureen Aung-Thwin, Burma Project director
• Patrick F. Fagan, The Heritage Foundation

Brazil

• Prof. George Reid Andrews, University of Pittsburgh
• Diana Jean Schemo, The New York Times Rio bureau chief
• Dr. Winston C. Murray, Morgan State University
• J. Walter Davila Jr., Gustavus Adolphus College