Begin forwarded message: > 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 > [log in to unmask]