CFC: Encyclopedia of North American Sport

2nd call for contributors


Jamie Riess, Editorial Assistant
jnriess@gmail.com

Encyclopedia of North American Sport
Edited by Steven A. Riess, Melvin L. Adelman, and Patricia Vertinsky
M.E. Sharpe Publishing


PROSPECTUS

Encyclopedia of North American Sport

WE are seeking contributors to the Encyclopedia of North American Sport, a three-volume, illustrated reference work to be published by M.E. Sharpe, an academic and reference publisher. The encyclopedia is intended for high school, college, and public libraries.


CONTENTS

The encyclopedia will include articles on every aspect of North American sport: history, politics, economics, culture, and sociology. There will be entries on individuals, places, ideas, events, institutions, and general themes. Articles will vary in length from 1,000-5,000 words for entries on specific topics (depending on significance) and 5,000 words for historical essays. North American Sport will also include a number of ancillary features, including glossary and bibliography.

Entries should be written with an undergraduate reader in mind (about the level of a college survey text). Articles should be readable, well-organized, rich in factual specificity, balanced, and cover their topics as thoroughly as possible within word count parameters. Finally, the emphasis should be on history, not historiography.


COMPENSATION AND DEADLINES

COMPENSATION FOR CONTRIBUTING TO NORTH AMERICAN SPORT:


1000 word articles: $15

1500 word articles: $20

2500 word articles: $35

4000 word articles: $50

5000 word articles: $60


For assignments of 4,000 words, you may substitute a copy of the encyclopedia in lieu of the honorarium. Please check off the appropriate box on the contract we will send you. For assignments over 4,000 words, you may substitute a book for the first 4,000 words and receive $7.50 for every 500 words thereafter. Again, please check appropriate box on the contract.


DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES:

Assignments of 1,000 words: three months from receiving contract

Assignments of more than 1,000, but less than 4,000: four months from receiving contract.

Assignments of more than 4,000 words: six months from receiving contract.

This is flexible.



WHAT TO DO NEXT

Send a CV, brief writing sample, plus a list of the article(s) you would like to write. Note: All articles crossed out are already assigned. We have invited contributors for some of the other topics, and they are still pending. .

PLEASE DIRECT ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO JAMIE RIESS, EDITORAL ASSISTANT AT: jnriess@gmail.com (indicate Sports Encyclopedia in subject heading).

We will then go over the material submitted and, once approved, send you a contract, guidelines, sample article, writing tips, and formatting and submission instructions.

Once again, thank you for your interest in the Encyclopedia of North American Sport

Sincerely,

Jamie Riess, Editorial Assistant
Encyclopedia of North American Sport


PS If you know of any other persons--faculty or graduate students--who might be interested in contributing to this project, please feel free to forward this email to them or send us their name and email address.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION

HISTORICAL ESSAYS
006 Postwar Period, Through 1970 (5000)

007 Postwar Period, Since 1970 (5000)


A
015 African Americans (4000)

022 Amateurism (1500)

026 Arledge, Roone (1000)

033 Athletic Clubs (1500)

034 Atlanta Braves and predecessor (1500)


B
037 Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Browns (1500)

038 Baseball, to 1870 (1500)

039 Baseball, Major League (5000)

040 Baseball, Minor League (1500)

041 Baseball, Semiprofessional (1000)

046 Baugh, Sammy (1000)

052 Billiards (1500)

056 Boarding Schools (1000)

057 Boating, Speed (1000)

064 Bowling (1500)

066 British Columbia Lions (1000)

072 Brundage, Avery (1000)








C
075 Caledonian Games (1000)

078 Campbell, Clarence (1000)

081 Cartwright, Alexander (1000)

086 Chicago American Giants (1000)

087 Chicago Bears (1500)

088 Chicago Black Hawks (1000)

089 Chicago Bulls (1000)

090 Chicago Cubs (1500)

091 Chicago White Sox (1000)

091a Chinese Americans (1000)

094 City College Basketball Scandal (1951) (1000)

095 Civil War (1000)

096 Class, Economic and Social (2500)

101 Cobb, Ty (1500)

105 Community Building (1500)

108 Country Clubs (1000)

110 Croquet (1000)

112 Curling (1000)

114 Cyr, Louis (1000)


D
117 Davis, Al (1000)

119 De la Hoya, Oscar (1000)

121 Detroit Pistons (1000)

122 Detroit Red Wings (1000)

125 DiMaggio, Joe (1500)

126 Diplomacy (2500)

129 Dog Racing (1000)

129a. Dog Sledding (1000)



F
141 Fans and Spectatorship (1500)

144 Fencing (1000)

146 Fine Arts (2500)

147 Fishing (1500)

148 Folk Games (1000)

149 Football Bowl Games (2500)

150 Football, Canadian (2500)

153 Foster, Andrew “Rube” (1000)

154 Frontier Sports (1000)


G
157 Gender Issues (2500)

163 Globalization (2000)

167 Gonzalez, Rodolfo “Corky” (1000)

171 Government, U.S. (4000)

173 Green, Nancy (1000)


H
181 Halas, George (1500)

182 Hamilton Tiger Cats

185 Handball (1000)

188 Harness Racing (1500)

190 Heroes and Heroines (2500)

191 Historically Black Colleges (1000)

192 Hockey, Field (1000)

195 Hogan, Ben (1000)

198 Horse Racing (5000)

201 Howe, Gordie (1000)

202 Hunt, Lamar (1000)



I
205 Industrial Sports (1500)

206 Industrialization (4000)

207 International Boxing Club (1000)

209 Irish (2500)

210 Italians (1500)


J
211a Japanese Americans (1000)

220 Johnson, Walter (1000)

222 Jordan, Michael (1500)


K
226 Kansas City Monarchs (1000)

227 Kentucky Derby (1500)

229 King, Don (1000)


L
234 Landis, Kennesaw M. (1500)

237 Latinos (2000)

244 Lewis, Carl (1000)

245 Lieberman, Nancy (1000)

249 Lombardi, Vince (1500)

251 Los Angeles Lakers and predessor (1000)


M
256 Madison Square Garden (1000)

257 Major League Baseball Players Association (1000)

258 Man o’ War (1000)

259 Manley, Effa (1000)

264a. Mascots

265 Mathewson, Christy (1000)

268 McGraw, John J. (1500)

269 McLendon, John (1000)

271 Miller, Marvin (1000)

272 Minoso, Minnie (1000)

274 Montreal Alouettes

278 Morrissey, John (1000)

281 Murphy, Isaac (1000)

282 Muscular Christianity (1500)

283 Music (1500)


N
287 National Association of Professional Baseball Players, (1000)

291 National Football League Players’ Association (1000)

296 Navratilova, Martina (1000)

300 New York Rangers (1000)

301 New York Yankees (2500)

302 Nicklaus, Jack (1000)


O
305 Oakland Raiders (1000)

310 Organized Crime (2500)


P
312 Pacific Coast League (1000)

317 Parks, Municipal (1500)

317a. Pedestrianism (1000)

318 Petty, Richard (1000)

320 Philadelphia Phillies (1000)

321 Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Golden State Warriors (1000)

322 Philadelphia ‘76ers (1000)

324 Physical Education (2500)

332 Polo (1000)

336 Psychology (2500)


R
338 Race and Race Relations (2500)

341 Religion (2500)

342 Reserve Clause (1000)

344 Rickard, Tex (1000)

346 Riots (1000)

349 Robinson, Eddie (1000)

353 Rockne, Knute (1000)

355 Roller Derby (1000)

356 Roosevelt, Theodore (1000)

360 Ross, Barney

362 Rozelle, Pete (1500)

365 Rugby (1000)

366 Rupp, Adolph (1000)



S
370 Saloons (1000)

371a Sandow, The Great (1000)

374 Sea Biscuit (1000)

375 Sears, Eleanor (1000)

376 Secretariat (1000)

378 Shaughnessy, Clark (1000)

379 Shooting (1000)

380 Skating, Figure (2500)

382 Slavery (1000)

385 Social and Athletic Clubs (1000)

386 Sociology (2500)

386a. Softball (1000)

386b. Southern sport (1500)

388a Sporting Goods

395 Steinbrenner, George (1000)

396 Sterns, David (1000)

397 Stevens, John C. (1000)

401 Super Bowl (1500)


T
406 Technology (2500)

409 Thorpe, Jim (1500)

416 Turner, Ted (1000)



U
420 Urbanization (3000)


V
422 Violence (1500)

423 Volleyball (1000)


W
428 Wide World of Sports (1000)

431 Winnipeg Blue Bombers

432 Winter Sports and Recreation (1000)

433 Women (4000)

441 World Team Tennis (1000)

444 Wright, Harry (1000)


Y
446 Yankee Stadium (1000)

447 Young Men’s Christian Association (1500)

449 Young Women’s Christian Association (1000)