French
Colonial History
Contribution Submission Guidelines
About French Colonial
History
FCH is an annual peer reviewed journal published by the French Colonial Historical Society. Papers submitted to the journal for publication need not have been presented at the Society’s annual meetings. Graduate students and recent post-graduates who present at the annual meeting and who subsequent publish their work in French Colonial History are eligible for the W. J. Eccles Prize.
Overview of Procedures
French Colonial
History is a peer-reviewed journal, so potential contributions will be
reviewed by members of the editorial board in addition to the editor. This
means that submissions should be received by the editor in a timely manner so
that the process can have time to proceed; contributors are contacted soon
after the annual meeting and provided with a deadline date for submissions. We
are committed to completing the journal publication process by the time of the
annual meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society, which means that if
you intend to submit a paper, you should be certain that you can be available
to respond to reviewers' comments and carry out revisions, to secure any
permissions for use of copyrighted materials, and to examine the typeset
version of your paper according to the publication schedule, which usually
means during late summer, the autumn academic term, and very early in the new
year. Contributors whose papers are accepted for publication will be provided
with a tentative schedule as soon as it is available.
Submissions should be sent to:
Editor, French Colonial History
frenchcolonialhistory@gmail.com
General Contribution Submission Guidelines
When preparing a contribution for submission to French
Colonial History, the first guideline to observe is consistency. Take
extra care to ensure that spelling, punctuation, style, and formatting are
constant throughout the text. Correct spelling of names; complete, current,
accurate contact information; consistency in capitalization, headings, note and
bibliographic formats; etc. is required both for accuracy and to avoid
unnecessary delays in the production process.
In addition to this general advice, authors should keep in mind that:
· Michigan State University Press, our publisher, follows
the The Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition)
for copyediting, punctuation, endnotes, and style.
· Authors should submit their work as an electronic file,
preferably by email attachment, though submission by computer disk or in paper
form can be arranged. Authors also should retain personal copies of their work
(both on diskette and in paper form) in the unlikely event that what has been
sent is damaged or lost in transit.
· Use 1-inch margins around the entire text on every page,
and assume a page size of 8.5" X 11".
· Double space the entire text, including quotations, notes,
bibliography, and captions.
· If you have any illustrative material for inclusion in the
final manuscript it will need to be provided to the press (photographed or
photocopied, black text or image on white background) on standard 8 1/2 x
11-inch sheets with complete attribution attached. (Provide original art or
electronic files whenever possible. White on black reproductions, such as those
created by many older microfilm photocopiers, are not acceptable.)
· Do not hyphenate words at the ends of lines.
· Underline words that are to appear in italics in the
final, published article.
· Spell out numbers from one to nine. Use Arabic numerals
for number 10 and above. Exceptions to this rule include: 1) a series of mixed
numbers (e.g., 14 cities, 2 small towns, 11 villages, and 8 settlements); 2)
when a number precedes an abbreviation for a standard unit of measure (e.g., 3
g, 18mm, 6 m). Use numerals for all dates,
times, page numbers and percentages.
· Time, when presented in even, half, or quarter hours
should be spelled out. (e.g., "She did not return home until a quarter to
one"; "They did not finish until
· Use continental dating (
·
Note and Bibliographic Examples
Book Citations
Note: 1. George Orwell, Animal
Farm (New York: New American Library, 1974), 26-38.
Bibliographic Entry: Orwell, George. Animal Farm.
Chapters In A Book
Note: 5. Sylvia Harris, "Contemporary Continental
Philosophy," in Late Twentieth
Century Political Theory. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1989),
110-49.
Bibliographic Entry: Harris, Sylvia. "Contemporary
Continental Philosophy." In Late Twentieth Century Political Theory.
Journal Articles
Note: 6. Sara M. Fernandez, "The Age of
Reform," Economic Review 14, no.
9 (1992): 78, 80-87.
Bibliographic Entry: Fernandez, Sara M. "The Age of
Reform." Economic Review 14, no.
9 (1992): 78, 80-87.
Manuscripts on Computer Disk
When preparing your electronic text,
please conform to guidelines listed previously as well as to the following
specifications:
· Preferred format: Microsoft Word for PC. WordPerfect and
Macintosh formats are acceptable if the former options are not available.
Submission of texts in other formats can seriously complicate and lengthen the
production process, so please contact the editor for assistance if you use a
different program.
· Margins: A simple "ragged" right margin is
required, typically referred to as “alignment: Left.”. Do not use justified
alignment as it complicates typesetting.
· Use endnotes only.
· Do not skip a line or insert extra space between
paragraphs.
· Use the tab key (not the space bar) to indent the first
lines of new paragraphs.
· Do not insert "soft" hyphens at the ends of
lines. Turn off the automatic hyphenation feature in your software and do not
break words manually. The only hyphens that should appear in your
manuscript are those in compound words.
· Do not center any text anywhere.
· Do not use "running heads" or headers/footers
features.
· Do not use hanging indents.
The time you take to follow the guidelines listed above
will contribute greatly to an uninterrupted, expedient production process.