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ME Sharpe, a publisher of academic and reference titles, is publishing the Encyclopedia of American Immigration, a four-volume work covering immigrant history, issues, and groups, to be published in mid-2001.
We are looking scholars--both PhDs and graduates--to write one or more of the following entries for the encyclopedia. (The number in parentheses after the entry name indicates the word count of the article: 1,000 words equals roughly 3 manuscript pages; 2,000 is 6 pages; 3,000 is 10 pages).
HISTORY ENTRIES
Slave Trade (3,000 words)
Know-Nothings and Nativist Reaction in Mid-19th Century (2,000)
Living Conditions in Turn-of-the-(20th)-Century Immigrant Communities (2,000)
ISSUE ENTRIES (CONTEMPORARY FOCUS)
Immigrant Transportation by Air (1,000)
Immigrants and the Census (2,000)
Return Immigration (3,000)
Children and Adolescent Immigration (3,000)
Civil Rights (3,000)
Immigration's Impact on the American Economy (3,000)
Health Care (3,000)
International Law and Immigration (2,000)
Immigration TO Latin America (part of comparative international section) (2,000)
Immigrants and Welfare, Taxation, and Government Spending (3,000)
Immigrants, Sweatshops, and Factories (2,000)
Immigrants, Housing, and Consumption (2,000)
GROUP ENTRIES
Immigrants and Immigration from the Former Soviet Union
We are paying $75 for 1,000 word entries; $150 for 2,000; and $250 for 3,000. The deadline is two months from receiving assignment. We are also paying a $100 bonus to anyone who can submit an entry within one month of receiving the assignment. (The above-list represents entries that were previously assigned, but not turned in. Thus, we are under a tight deadline.)
If you are interested in taking on one or more of these assignments, please contact us by email ASAP. Include your name, address, academic/research institution affiliation, phone number, and a brief (2-3 page) sample of your writing (it does not have to be published material.) We will then get back to you with the specifics of the assignment and a contract. PLEASE DO NOT INQUIRE UNLESS YOU CAN FINISH THE ENTRY WITHIN 30 TO 60 DAYS.
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