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Southern California Quarterly

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The Historical Society of Southern California publishes the Southern California Quarterly four times a year. The Quarterly carries forward the tradition of fine regional history scholarship begun with the Society’s first annual publication in 1884.

The Quarterly is a scholarly journal devoted to the publication of articles and edited documents relating to the history of the Southern California, California as a whole, and the American West. The Quarterly welcomes contributions, not only by Society members, scholars, and research workers, but also by persons who are working in related disciplines and professions.

Those who join at the Scholar level and above will receive the Quarterly as well as access to back issues online through our website.

Call for Papers

Southern California Quarterly seeks high quality papers for review and possible publication.

Areas of particular interest include:
  • California, local, and Western history
  • City and regional development
  • Resource management
  • Racial and ethnic issues
  • Religion and culture
  • Social and political history
  • Arts and media
  • Food and agriculture
  • Popular culture
Submitted articles are expected to be well-researched, thoughtfully argued pieces that reach well beyond a descriptive narrative of a historical event or biographical sketch.
Sample articles:
Duke Ellington’s Jump for Joy and the Fight for Equality in Wartime Los Angeles
Benjamin Cawthra
A Path to Acceptance: Promoting Chinese Restaurants in San Francisco, 1849–1919
Erica J. Peters
Science and Military Influences on the Ascent of Aerospace Development in Southern California
Hunter Hollins
Reframing Race and Place: Locating Japanese Immigrants in Relation to Indigenous Peoples in the North American West, 1880-1940
Andrea Geiger
Full call for papers on the UC Press website.
Information for Contributors

Authors whose articles are accepted for publication receive a complimentary copy and the electronic file without cost. Authors are offered the opportunity to order additional copies at rates quoted by the printer.

Manuscripts for consideration should be presented in 12-point font, double-spaced, with consecutively numbered notes in a separate section following the text. In matters of style, the Quarterly adheres to the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.). Manuscripts should be submitted by e-mail attachment or an a CD, preferably in Microsoft Word format. Proposed illustrations should be submitted initially in low-resolution e-mail attachments or photocopied form.

Manuscript contributions as well as other editorial matter should be addressed to:
Merry Ovnick, Editor
Southern California Quarterly
Center for Southern California Studies
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8371

Submissions by attachment, preferably in Microsoft Word, should be addressed to merry.ovnick@csun.edu.

Books for review (submitted at the owner’s risk) should be addressed to:
Allison Varzally, Book Review Editor
Department of History
California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd.
Fullerton, CA 92831

Email: avarzally@exchange.fullerton.edu

The Society does not assume responsibility for statements of fact or opinion made by contributors.

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