(NAME-MCE) Author Solicitation, Facts on File American Reform Movements

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Date: December 31, 2007
From: Heather Kaufman  <heatherlkaufman at gmail.com>
Subject: CFP: Author Solicitation, Facts on  File American Reform Movements

Facts On File, the nation's largest  reference work publisher, in
association with two scholars, John R. McKivigan  and Heather L.
Kaufman, will publish a two-volume encyclopedia, The  Encyclopedia of
American Reform Movements, in the press's Library of American  History
Series. This new work will examine popular movements for  social,
economic, and political change throughout U.S. history. The  Editors
will recruit contributors to prepare entries from among the  leading
academics in the various social science disciplines as well as  those
in the fields of history, philosophy, and American Studies.  This
interdisciplinary focus is intended not only to make the  Encyclopedia
useful to a broad range of scholars and students but also to  produce
entries of interest to the widest possible reading  audience.

The Encyclopedia will consist of two volumes, each  approximately
250,000 to 300,000 words long, with entries ranging in length  from 500
to 5,000 words. While incorporating the most up-to-date  scholarship,
each entry will be written to emphasize clarity and  accessibility for
high school and first-year college readers. The Editors are  seeking
entry authors with backgrounds in a wide range of humanities  and
social science disciplines. Preferences in making assignments will  go
to potential contributors with advanced education and a  publication
track record in the area of the entry subject, but some  shorter
entries might be available to authors in the process of  completing
their graduate degrees.

PRELIMINARY LIST OF CHAPTERS FOR  THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN REFORM
MOVEMENTS, 2 VOLUMES

Chapter 1,  Abolition Movement
Chapter 2, Animal Rights Movement
Chapter 3, Civil  Rights Movement
Chapter 4, Comunitarianism
Chapter 5,  Environmentalism
Chapter 6, Health Care Reform
Chapter 7, Human  Rights
Chapter 8, Labor Movement
Chapter 9, LGBT Rights  Movement
Chapter 10, Media Reform
Chapter 11, Pacifism/Anti-War
Chapter  12, Populism
Chapter 13, Progressivism
Chapter 14, Public Education  Reform
Chapter 15, Radical Right
Chapter 16, Religious  Benevolence
Chapter 17, Socialism/Political Radicalism
Chapter 18,  Temperance
Chapter 19, Women's Rights Movement

TYPES OF ENTRIES TO BE  INCLUDED IN EACH CHAPTER FOR THE ENCYCLOPEDIA:

1) INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW  (5,000 words)
2) THEORY OF THE REFORM (2-5,000 words)
3) HISTORICAL  DEVELOPMENT (1-2,000 words)
4) KEY MOMENTS (500-1,000 words)
5)  INTERSECTIONS WITH OTHER REFORM MOVEMENTS (1-2,000 words)
6) LEGACY/FUTURE OF  MOVEMENT (2-5,000 words)

Information about the projected Encyclopedia of  American Reform
Movements entries, guidelines for their preparation,  deadlines, and
compensation policies are available at the project's  website:
www.americanrefrommovements.com or by contacting the editors  at
americanreform at gmail.com



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