Call for Manuscripts. Asia in World History: The Twentieth Century, EAA Winter 2009

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Education About Asia (EAA) is the peer-reviewed teaching journal of the Association for Asian Studies. Our readers include undergraduate instructors as well as high school and middle school teachers. Our articles are intended to provide educators, who are often not specialists, with basic understanding of Asia-related content. Qualified referees evaluate all manuscripts submitted for consideration.

We are in the process of developing a special section entitled “Asia in World History: The Twentieth Century” for the winter 2009 issue. This concluding special section, the fifth in the series, corresponds to the National World History Standards “Eras.” We seek manuscripts that encompass a wide range of topics including economic, maritime, military, political, and social history. We also invite authors to submit manuscripts about important individuals who influenced twentieth century Asian and World History. We are looking for manuscripts about all areas of Asia.

There are several topics that have not been addressed in previous EAA feature sections that would be especially appropriate for this issue. Examples of possible working titles include:

The Military History of the Pacific War: An Overview
The Roots of Indian and Pakistani Conflict
Asia and the Cold War: An Overview
The Democratization of the Republic of Korea
The Economic Rise of Hong Kong
The Rise and Fall of the Pol Pot Regime

This list is, of course, by no means inclusive of twentieth century manuscript possibilities, and other ideas from prospective authors are most welcome.

Prospective authors should be aware that approximately sixty to sixty-five percent of our readers are secondary or middle school teachers and the rest teach at the undergraduate level. We are most interested in manuscripts that are useful for survey-level courses.

Prospective authors should consult the EAA guidelines, available on the Web site under my signature, before submitting a manuscript for this special section. Prospective authors are also encouraged to share possible manuscript ideas with me via email. The deadline for initial submission of manuscripts is August 20, 2009.


Cordially,
Lucien Ellington
Editor, Education About Asia
302 Pfeiffer Stagmaier Hall
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone (423)425-2118, Fax (423)425-5441
email: l-ellington@comcast.net
Web Site: http://www.asian-studies.org