| No book is ever written by a single author or, in this case, two authors. This book is no different. This book represents the culmination of years of reading, teaching, thinking, and talking with students, friends, colleagues, and libraries. There is no way to thank everyone who has been a part of this book. For those unnamed, however, know that your contribution was significant in the development of this book. |
| We want to thank our students at the University of North Carolina and the University of Manitoba who have helped us in ways that we never imagined. You are graduate and undergraduate students who span nearly thirty years collectively. We appreciate your insights and challenges. We appreciate your willingness to listen and learn from us and for our opportunity to listen and learn from you. Your patience as well as your insights have truly enriched this book. |
| We also wish to acknowledge and thank our colleagues and staff at the Universities of North Carolina and Manitoba. For countless hours of typing, proofing, and editing, we are particularly indebted to Tammy Spurgin, Jeanette Rozier, and Mary Beth Rubano at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Evelyn Santos, Maureen Rodrigue, Erika Backstael, Heather Adams-Sdrolias, and Sandra Goatcher at the University of Manitoba. We thank our colleagues in the Curriculum and Leisure Studies in Recreation Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Recreation Studies Degree Programme at the University of Manitoba. Your constant support and queries helped us to continue to move forward even at times when progress seemed stalled. |
| Supportive colleagues in the Center for Recreation and Disability Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Health, Leisure and Human Performance Research Institute at the University of Manitoba deserve more thanks than we can possibly offer. Carrie, Leigh, Karen, Betsy, Dan, Candy, and Charisena, you provided us a rich environment in which to work and play. You were colleagues who helped us grow and helped us continue to learn and contributed in so many ways to the realization of this book. A particular and heartfelt thanks for the contributions of Carrie McCann, who was the first member of what would become the Center for Recreation and Disability Studies. Carrie, your friendship, insights, and assistance have made a lasting im- |
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