[Discussion] CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: The City and Urban Life

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*CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: The City and Urban Life*

*Publication Deadline:*     2004-05-15
*Date Submitted:*     2004-02-17
*Announcement ID:*     137093

M. E. Sharpe, a well-regarded academic and reference publisher, seeks 
contributing scholars for The City and Urban Life, a three-volume, 
large-format reference work to be published in 2005. Dr Jan Rogozinski 
is the General Editor.

Contributors are invited to provide either the Chronological Overviews 
or the City Descriptions (or both), which are described below. They will 
be knowledgeable about urban life, with demonstrated expertise in such 
areas as history, geography, sociology, economic history, or 
archaeology; an academic affiliation is not required. Each contributor 
will receive full authorial credit, a modest monetary payment, and/or a 
complete set copy of The City.

The City and Urban Life will deliver up-to-date information about urban 
institutions and society; the target audience is high school and college 
students. A comprehensive study, The City will trace the development of 
urban places from the first cities to the present day. Every significant 
urban place will be included, both recent foundations and the ruined 
cities of Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.

The organization of The City and Urban Life differs somewhat from that 
of an A-Z encyclopedia. The data will be presented in approximately two 
dozen separate sections, each devoted to one geographical region. For 
each of these sections, The City will provide two types of information- 
(1) a chronological overview and (2) brief descriptions of individual 
cities in that region.

  1. Each geographical section will begin with an essay, describing
     institutions and historical developments shared by all cities in
     that region. These essays will vary in length from 7,000 to 28,000
     words.
  2. Each section will continue with brief descriptions (arranged
     alphabetically) of significant cities, whether still existing or
     extinct. The number of words in each individual city entry will
     vary from 150 to 800 words.

No existing reference book offers either compressive essays about 
specific regions or succinct descriptions of significant cities. Thus 
each of these will be useful in itself, and it also is intended that the 
two sections work together synergistically.

A complete list of the geographical sections (into which the City is 
divided) is available-- as is also additional information (1) describing 
the scope of the introductory essay(s), (2) listing the names of all 
cities that will be the subject of individual descriptive entries, and 
(3) providing Guidelines for Contributors. We would be grateful if you 
will bring this opportunity to the attention of other scholars 
knowledgeable about urban life in any region of the world.

Please contact Dr Rogozinski, attaching an up-to-date resume and writing 
samples and indicating which geographical regions (or countries) and 
which eras you are interested in writing about.

    Jan Rogozinski
Post Office Box 350653
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33335-0653

Email: jan814@bellsouth.net <mailto:jan814@bellsouth.net>