(NAME-MCE) Call for Authors: Multicutural America Series

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CALL FOR AUTHORS

Multicultural America: A Social and  Cultural History

7-Volume Illustrated Reference Series

We  are inviting academic editorial contributors to a new series of
social  and cultural history reference books for
the high-school and college  library market. The Multicultural America
Series is composed of the  following 7 titles:

Volume 1: The Hispanic Americans

Volume  2: The Arab Americans

Volume 3: The African Americans

Volume  4: The Asian Americans

Volume 5: The Jewish Americans

Volume  6: The European Americans (Non-Hispanic)

Volume 7: The Native  Americans

Each title has 12 chapters on the following chronological  topics:

1)
The Colonial Era: Beginnings-1776

2)
The  American Revolution: 1775-1783

3)
The Early National Period and  Expansion: 1783-1859

4)
Civil War to the Gilded Age:  1859-1900

5)
The Progressive Era and World War I:  1900-1920

6)
Roaring Twenties and Great Depression:  1920-1939

7)
World War II and the Forties:  1939-1949

8)
The Fifties: 1950-1959

9)
The Sixties:  1960-1969

10)
The Seventies: 1970-1979

11)
The  Eighties: 1980-1989

12)
The Nineties and 2000s:  1990-Present

Thus a chapter assignment, for example, is: "Volume 1  Hispanic:
Chapter 8 Fifties."
The Multicultural America Series will  be published by Facts On File,
Inc., and is a production of Golson  Books, Ltd. Rodney P. Carlisle,
Ph.D., professor emeritus, Rutgers,  serves as General Editor,
reviewing all submissions for historical  accuracy and acceptability.

Each chapter is assigned as 6,000  words, including sidebars and 
bibliographies.
Deadline for submission  is November 15, 2008.
A $250 honorarium is paid for each  chapter.

If you would like to contribute to building a truly  outstanding
reference on our ethnic heritage, please contact me at the  e-mail
address below. Please provide a brief summary of  your
academic/publishing credentials.

Thanks very  much.

Susan Moskowitz
Managing Editor, Author  Recruitment
Golson Books,  Ltd.
golsonbooks1 at hotmail.com






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