Scholarly review

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