Ida Susser is Professor of Anthropology at Hunter Collegeand the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and wasthe founding President of the Society for the Anthropology of NorthAmerica. Her books include
AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean(edited with George Bond, Joan Vincent, and John Kreniske, 1997),
Medical Anthropology and the World System (co-authored withMerrill Singer and Hans Baer, 1997), and
Norman Street: Povertyand Politics in an Urban Community (1982).
Thomas C. Patterson is Professor of Anthropology atUniversity of California, Riverside. His books include Changeand Development in the Twentieth Century (1999), InventingWestern Civilization (1997), Making AlternativeHistories (edited with Peter R. Schmidt, 1995), and Race,Racism, and the History of U.S. Anthropology (edited with LeeBaker, 1994).