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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES

3.SEARCHES AT NON-OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS

3.1.High-Redshift Radio Galaxies

3.2.Sub-mm Detections of Distant Galaxies

3.3.Luminous Infrared Galaxies

3.4.X-ray Emission Associated with Distant Galaxies

3.5.Gamma-Ray Bursts

3.6.Summary

4.OPTICAL/NEAR-INFRARED SELECTION OF DISTANT GALAXIES

4.1.Lyman-Break Galaxies

4.2.Photometric Redshifts

4.3.Emission Lines Searches for Distant Galaxies

4.4.Serendipitous Longslit Searches

4.5.Narrow-band Spectroscopy

4.6.Targeted Searches

4.7.Summary

5."PROTOGALAXIES" AT LOW-REDSHIFT

6.BIASES IN DISTANT GALAXY SEARCH TECHNIQUES

7.RESULTS: FIRST GLIMPSES TOWARDS THE DARK AGES

7.1.Surface Densities of High-Redshift Galaxies

7.2.Star Formation Rates and the Cosmic Star Formation History

7.3.Effects of the IGM: Hints of the Gunn-Peterson Effect?

7.4.Morphology

7.5.The Role of Dust

7.6.Galaxy Clustering at High Redshift

7.7.A Brief Comparison to Theories of Galaxy Formation

8.CONCLUSIONS AND THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM

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