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Call for Submissions: The Civil War and Kentucky
| Location: | United States |
| Publication Date: | 2011-03-01 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-01-14 |
| Announcement ID: |
182120 |
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The Civil War and Kentucky: Call for Submissions
The editors of the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society seek submissions for a special issue on “The Civil War and Kentucky,” featuring guest editor John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
We invite full-length article submissions on any aspect of the Civil War and Kentucky, including:
-- Coming of the war, neutrality, dual governments
-- Rhetoric and politics of union and disunion
-- African Americans, slavery, and emancipation
-- Civil liberties in war
-- Wartime politics at the local, state, regional, and/or national levels
-- Military campaigns and military culture
-- Guerrilla war—course and consequences
-- Soldier, civilian, women, and children’s war experience
-- Postwar social, political, and economic readjustments
-- Religion and church communities in wartime
-- Memory and culture
Other topics which the expertise and imagination of contributors might suggest, and which make a significant contribution to scholarship, are also welcome.
Prospective contributors should consult the “Guidelines for submitting manuscripts to the Register” which is accessible by clicking the Register link on our Web site (http://history.ky.gov).
The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2011, with the anticipation of publication during the sesquicentennial period (2011-2015).
Questions regarding the “The Civil War and Kentucky” special issue may be directed to:
Nelson L. Dawson
Editor, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Historical Society
100 W. Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601-1931
502-564-1792
nelson.dawson@ky.gov
ISSN: 0023-0243
Publication Frequency: quarterly
Beginning with the forthcoming volume 108, full text articles published in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society may be accessed the Project MUSE, the digital publications arm of The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Subscription Information:
First published in 1903, the Register is the oldest peer-reviewed publication dedicated to Kentucky history. Subscriptions to the Register are a benefit of membership in the Kentucky Historical Society. To become a member of the Kentucky Historical Society, visit our website at http://history.ky.gov/ and click on the GIVE/JOIN link at the top, or contact Leslie Miller, Membership Associate, at 502-564-1792, ext 4490 for more information.
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Nelson L. Dawson
Editor, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Historical Society
100 W. Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601-1931
Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext. 4415
Email: nelson.dawson@ky.gov
Visit the website at http://history.ky.gov
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