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> From: Jack McKivigan & Heather Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: April 23, 2008 7:42:38 AM GMT-04:00
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Call for Authors on U.S. Temperance Movement
>
> Facts on File, the nation's largest reference work publisher, in
> association with two scholars, John R. McKivigan and Heather L.
> Kaufman, will publish a two-volume encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of
> American Reform Movements, in the press's Library of American History
> Series. This new work will examine popular movements for social,
> economic, and political change throughout U.S. history. The Editors
> will recruit contributors to prepare entries from among the leading
> academics in the various social science disciplines as well as those
> in the fields of history, philosophy, and American Studies. This
> interdisciplinary focus is intended not only to make the Encyclopedia
> useful to a broad range of scholars and students but also to produce
> entries of interest to the widest possible reading audience.
>
> The Encyclopedia will consist of two volumes, each approximately
> 250,000 to 300,000 words long, with entries ranging in length from 500
> to 5,000 words. While incorporating the most up-to-date scholarship,
> each entry will be written to emphasize clarity and accessibility for
> high school and first-year college readers. The Editors are seeking
> entry authors with backgrounds in a wide range of humanities and
> social science disciplines. Preferences in making assignments will go
> to potential contributors with advanced education and a publication
> track record in the area of the entry subject, but some shorter
> entries might be available to authors in the process of completing
> their graduate degrees.
>
> The Encyclopedia with be composed of twenty chapters. One of these
> will be devoted to the Temperance Reform Movement. Of the orginally
> contemplated fourteen entries for this chapter, eight remain
> unassigned. The editors seek scholarly contributors for the following
> entries:
>
> 1. Introductory Overview Essay on Temperance Movement, 5K Words
>
> 2.  The Unintended Consequences of War on Drugs (1969-Present)    ,
> featuring discussion of Prison Overcrowding, Linkages Drawn between
> Drug Policy and Foreign Policy, Drug Law Decriminalization, and NORML,
> "Medical Marijuana," etc., 1-2K Words
>
> 3. NORML Founded to Campaign for Marijuana Law Reform (1970), 500-1K
>
> 4. The Intersection of Temperance and Health Reform, Public Education
> Reform, Progressivism, and Religious Benevolence, 2-5K Words
>
> 5. The Debate over the Future of Temperance Reform, focusing on Issue
> of State Authority v. Personal Autonomy Debate in Continuing Debate
> over "Drug" Decriminalization,  2-5 K Words
>
> (#6-8 are Entries on the Theory of Temperance as a Reform Movement)
>
> 6. Alcohol/Drug Abuse Gains Legitimacy as a Social Problem, examining
> Status Conflict/Status Politics Theory/Social Control Theory,
> Marxism/Neo-Marxism., 2-5K Words
>
> 7. Temperance as Form of Social Control, 2-5K Words
>
> 8. Religious Motivation for Temperance,   2-5K Words
>
> Information about the projected Encyclopedia of American Reform
> Movements entries, guidelines for their preparation, deadlines, and
> compensation policies are available at the project's website:
> www.americanrefrommovements.com or by contacting the editors at
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