CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Encyclopedia of the Home Front: World Wars I and II

ABC-CLIO, a New York-based academic and reference publisher, and East River Books, a reference book producer, are seeking contributing scholars for a three-volume reference work on the American, British, and Canadian home fronts in World Wars I and II. The project is aimed at the academic high school and undergraduate levels. The General Editor is Dr. Thad Russell, assistant professor of history at Barnard College. Board of advisor members include Alan Brinkley, Lewis Erenberg, Nelson Lichtenstein, Kathy Peiss, and Judith Stein.

The encyclopedia will include articles on politics and government; economy, labor, and business; society; religion and education; technology, science, and the environment; and arts and culture. There will be entries on individuals, places, ideas, events, institutions, and general themes. Articles will vary in length from 500-2,000 (depending on significance of the topic). Encyclopedia of the Home Front will also include a number of ancillary features, including chronologies, bibliographies (primary and secondary sources), and original documents

We are seeking contributors for articles, chronologies, and bibliographies. Contributors will receive full authorial credit, a modest cash honorarium and/or copy of the full encyclopedia set (depending on contribution length and contributor preference).

If you are interested in contributing to this exciting and important reference project--one we hope will be the definitive reference work on Home Front--we would be happy to email you a prospectus with a full description of the project--with deadline, compensation, and other pertinent information, including a table of contents. Please contact the encyclopedia editorial assistant, Rebecca Black, at: eastriverbooks@yahoo.com

If you cannot contribute, please feel free to forward this email to any potentially interested scholars (either professors or graduate students).