[Peace-discuss] Call for articles, reference encyclopedia

[Ricky Baldwin]

[Hey folks- in case anyone's interested in writing
something for this encyclopedia re US at war...]


----- Original Message -----
> From: Anne Lowenthal <annel at IX.NETCOM.COM>
> To: <H-SCHOLAR at H-NET.MSU.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:03 PM
> Subject: H-SCHOLAR: Call for articles, reference
> encyclopedia
> 
> 
> > Submitted by Richard Jensen rjensen at uic.edu
> >
> > This is an especially attractive opportunity for
> independent scholars
> > to get a publication and some cash. If you have
> any questions please
> > email rjensen at uic.edu
> >
> > This is a call for contributors to write essays
> for a new Macmillan
> > Reference USA encyclopedia: AMERICANS AT WAR:
> SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND
> > THE HOMEFRONT.
> >
> > The 4-volume encyclopedia is being edited by John
> P. Resch of the
> > University of New Hampshire-Manchester; Sally
> McMillen of Davidson
> > College; G. Kurt Piehler of the University of
> Tennessee and the
> > Director of the Center for the Study of War and
> Society; D'Ann
> > Campbell of Chester College and Richard Jensen,
> professor emeritus at
> > the University of Illinois, Chicago.
> >
> > We have already assigned more than 350 of the 410
> articles in the set
> > and are looking for contributors for 50 or so
> remaining entries. The
> > entries that have not been assigned are listed
> below. Authors receive
> > an honorarium for their contribution.
> >
> > The encyclopedia will explain to students how
> mobilization for war and
> > how wars themselves altered the fabric of everyday
> life in the United
> > States. It will place major American
> conflicts-from the Colonial Wars
> > through the war on terrorism-in the context of
> cultural and social
> > events and conditions on the homefront.
> >
> > Designed for student in high schools, as well as
> undergraduate
> > students and the general public, this set will
> describe lived
> > experience before, during, and after each specific
> war. Articles
> > include biographies and topics such as civil
> liberties, media,
> > politics, popular culture, religion, memory and
> national identity,
> > civic celebrations and monumental art, literature,
> the roles of women
> > and minorities, veterans, science and technology,
> humor, and music.
> > Keeping in mind the theme of the series, authors
> will highlight how
> > the subject of their article-either from the
> perspective of the coming
> > of war, war itself, or the legacy of war-affected
> American society and
> > culture. In view of the broad readership, the
> language of the articles
> > should be appropriate for this audience and should
> not contain jargon
> > or other materials that would require specialized
> knowledge not
> > explained in the article itself.
> >
> > For more information:
> >
> > Anthony Aiello
> > Editor
> > Macmillan Reference USA
> > 917-534-2139 (voice)
> > 917-534-2128 (fax)
> > anthony.aiello at thomson.com
> >
> > Please contact Mr. Aiello to let him know which
> entry or entries you
> > are interested in writing. Be prepared to submit a
> CV or resumé which
> > will be reviewed by the editors, who will then
> contact you with
> > project details.
> >
> > Available entries for AMERICANS AT WAR: SOCIETY,
> CULTURE, AND THE
> > HOMEFRONT:
> >
> > Article: Words:
> > Al Qaeda and Taliban 750
> > Anthony, Susan B. 750
> > Atomic Energy Commission 500
> > Black Power/Black Panthers 500
> > Blockade, Civil War 500
> > Churches, Evangelical, 1946-Present 1000
> > Civil Defense, 1946-Present 750
> > Clinton, William Jefferson 750
> > Cold War Mobilization 1000
> > Cold War Novels and Movies 1500
> > Containment and Détente 1500
> > Education 1500
> > Ethics of Bombing 750
> > Foreign Aid, 1946-Present 1000
> > Friedan, Betty 750
> > Gays, Civil Rights for, 1946-Present 750
> > Grunts, Images of 500
> > H-Bomb, Decision to Build 500
> > Israel and the United States 750
> > Journalism, World War I 750
> > Labor, 1946-Present 750
> > Latinos in Military, 1946-Present 500
> > Latinos, World War I & World War II 1000
> > Literature 1500
> > Memorials and Monuments 750
> > Men on the Homefront, 1815-1900 750
> > Military Industrial Complex 750
> > Multiculturalism and Cold War 750
> > Nixon, Richard M. 750
> > NSC-68 500
> > Nuclear Freeze Movement 500
> > Olympics and Cold War 500
> > Painters and Patriotism, Late 18th and Early 19th
> Centuries 1000
> > Peace Movements, 1946-Present 500
> > Poor Relief, 1815-1900 500
> > Popular Culture & Cold War 1500
> > Powell, Colin 750
> > Prisons and Prisoners of War, 1815-1900 800
> > Science Research and Development 750
> > Segregation, Racial, 1815-1900 1000
> > Star Wars 500
> > Supreme Court, 1815-1900 1000
> > Teenagers, 1946-Present 750
> > Television, 1946-Present 1250
> > Think Tanks 500
> > Urbanization, 1815-1900 1000
> > Vietnam Veterans 750
> > Vietnam War and the Economy 750
> > Vietnam: Fiction & Memoirs 1000
> > Visual Arts, Civil War and the West 1200
> > Visual Arts, World War II 1000
> > World War II, Impact on Ethnic Groups 1500
> > Weapons of Mass Destruction 750
> > "Who Lost China" Debate 1000
> > Women's Rights, Feminism, 1946-Present 750
> > World War Two, Images of 1000
> >
> >
> 


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