Book Reviewer Information

Utah State University 
0740 Old Main Hill
Logan, Utah 84322-0740
phone 435.797.1301
fax 435.797.3899
whq@usu.edu

Published: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter

Founded in 1969, the Western Historical Quarterly, official journal of the Western History Association, presents original articles dealing with the North American West—expansion and colonization, indigenous histories, regional studies (including western Canada, northern Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii), and transnational, comparative, and borderland histories. Political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual histories of the West and studies set in the twentieth century are encouraged. Each issue contains reviews and notices of significant books, as well as recent articles, in the field.

Primary consideration for publication is given to narrative, descriptive, interpretive, and analytical essays that deal with broad movements, themes, or problems, based on excellent use of primary sources and distinguished monographic literature. Originality, style, and general interest are also criteria for acceptance. Manuscripts that distill the findings of a seminal dissertation or of an exceptional thesis are encouraged. Manuscripts dealing with limited areas or time periods also will be considered.

Complete manuscripts (text and notes combined) should total no more than 10,000 words and should be submitted in duplicate hard copies. We prefer essays formatted with endnotes. Please do not send electronic files until requested by editor. On matters of style, refer to the Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition, and to recent back issues of the WHQ. For return of the manuscript copy, submissions must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Please note that the Western Historical Quarterly does not accept multiple submissions or essays currently under consideration by another journal. Upon acceptance, authors will be asked to send electronic files with text, notes, illustrations, and captions, each in separate files in Microsoft Word. Copies of illustrations or images may be included at the back of the manuscript submission—not embedded in the text. We do not require permissions for images until the manuscript is accepted for publication. Manuscripts, books for review, advertising inquiries, and correspondence should be addressed to:

Editor, Western Historical Quarterly
0740 Old Main Hill
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-0740
USA

For general information on academic journal submission guidelines and procedures, see the Conference of Historical Journals at http://www.uark.edu/depts/arkhist/CHJ/Procedures.htm

For the WHQ’s policy on plagiarism see: http://www.usu.edu/whq.plagiarism.htm

Utah State University and the Western History Association do not assume responsibility for statements of fact or opinion made by the contributors.