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The Eighteenth Century--Needs reviewers.
From: Raymond Birn <rbirn@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU
I recently assumed the History editorship for The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography and wish to bring the list of potential book reviewers up to date. I understand that reviewers would wish the same for ECCB, and think I can say that heroic efforts are presently underway to do so.
I therefore invite all historians of the 18th century who would welcome reviewing in ECCB to contact me (e-mail or snail mail), briefly supplying your major interests. We'll immediately place you into an active file and hope to accommodate you with some interesting books.
I very much look forward to hearing from you. Ray Birn
Department of History
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
rbirn@oregon.uoregon.edu
New Internet Historical Journal Calls for Papers on Early America
A new historical journal--- The Early America Review--- is asking for submissions. Published quarterly, focus of the publication is 18th century America---its people, issues and events. The Early America Review is an Internet-only journal, and is not printed in a hard-copy version. The Fall edition of the magazine has just been published and is available at no charge on the World Wide Web at http://earlyamerica.com/review/
As publisher, I believe this journal allows academics an opportunity to "spread the gospel" of early America to interested laypersons. It also provides authors writing about this historical period an additional venue for publication of their works. The target audience of this publication is the "informed layperson." Those individuals who do not as a matter of fact read historical journals, but who appreciate and, indeed, welcome an in-depth study on a variety of subjects relative to 18th century America.
We note that in an article in the February 1996 issue of the American Historical Review, the point is made that of "the approximately 250 manuscripts that are submitted to the AHR each year" only one-tenth of those are published. Inevitably, we must assume, the remaining 225 manuscripts that are rejected move on to other historical journals for consideration. However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to calculate that the other important journals--- either via their own special standards and criteria....or even by the total number of pages available for publication, can not and do not accommodate the overflow.
Our view is that some of those papers that "don't make the cut" have sufficient broad appeal that would be of interest to laypersons. The overwhelming and positive response to our premier issue (Summer 1996) supports this view, that those outside the profession are interested in the original research and professional output of the community of historical scholars. As such, I ask that you consider submitting your paper, dissertation, book review or commentary to The Early America Review. We are not concerned that your manuscript has already seen the light of publication. While it may have been exposed to academics in the field, doubtless it has never been seen by those outside the profession. Which is, precisely, the audience we serve.
If you have access to the Internet, I invite you to take a look at the Review. If you wish to submit or if you have any questions, please email to the publisher, Don Vitale at: devcom@seanet.com....or regular mail to: The Early America Review, P.O. Box 11410, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110....or FAX: (206) 780-9450.
D.E. Vitale Publisher, The Early America Review http://earlyamerica.com/review/
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