Detailed Prospectus

Updated List of Confirmed Authors

Instructions for Contributors

Timetable

• August 1: Chapters Submitted via email (information below)

• September 1: Chapters REALLY submitted via email

Submission of Chapters

•  Please email as attachments to John Allen at jallen@u.arizona.edu

Formats

File Format.  We will need to submit to Oxford one large MSWord document.  Thus, receiving your document in Word format would be preferred, or we can accept WordPerfect format or Rich Text Files (RTF).  If you have trouble creating one of these formats, please contact John.

 

Formatting the manuscript.  If you can assist by adhering to the following common format, we will decrease the chance of error as we merge and submit the manuscript:

• Please use Times Roman 12 point font

• Set margins to 1" on all sides

• Double space the entire manuscript.

• Use indents at the beginning of paragraphs, and do not use extra space between paragraphs

• Use a tab to indent the paragraphs, not several spaces.

• Do not use justification on the right margins (sometimes called full justification); please use left justification

• Turn off the hyphenation feature of your word processor

• Use headline style capitalization, not all caps for section headings

• Place notes at the end of the chapter rather than on the bottom of the page

• Place tables and figures at the end of the manuscript

• Place each table or figure on its own separate page

• Use tabs (not spaces) for setting up tables

Length.  The average chapter should be roughly 9000 words including references, or about 30-40 double-spaced manuscript pages.  If you feel you need to deviate from that number, please contact us so we might accurately estimate the size of the final volume. 

 

Figures and Images.  We have negotiated for the inclusion of color and halftone images in addition to the customary linecut figures.  If you anticipate using color or halftone images in your chapter, please contact  John so that we might have an idea of how many color images to anticipate.
 

Permissions

You will need to obtain permissions for requisite tables, figures, or text, if any of these have appeared in other published sources.  Most publishers have their own permissions forms, many of which can be submitted directly over the web. Using a publisher's own forms expedites the process. Please be sure to look into this possibility when securing your permissions. If needed, forms for assisting in obtaining permission are available for download, but the publishers' forms are preferable.  Please note that if you do not have any material in need of permissions, we need an explicit statement to that effect from the first author of each chapter.