SUBMISSION OF MSS
Authors are encouraged to submit papers by email as a text file attachment to the journal editor, Nigel C. Gibson: jaastudies@gmail.com. Alternatively, two copies of the typescript can be sent to: Nigel C. Gibson, Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116, USA.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced and on single sides. Left and right margins should be at least 40mm wide.
Book reviews, along with the books, should be sent to:
Asia: Ali Riaz, Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4600, Normal, IL
61790-4600, USA. Email: ariaz@ilstu.edu
Africa: Richard Pithouse, Flat 2, Eckford, 10 Hewitt Road, Glenwood, Durban, 4001, South Africa. Email: indianocean77@gmail.com
or: Kelechi A. Kalu, Department of Political Science, University of Northern Colorado, 501 20th Street, Greeley, CO 8039, USA.
Email: kelechi.kalu@unco.edu.
COVERING LETTER
Please attach to every submission a letter confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other journal.
FORMAT OF MSS
Manuscripts should be typed on one side of the paper, double-spaced, with ample margins and bear the title of the contribution and the name(s) of the author(s) on a separate sheet of paper. The full postal address/phone/fax/email details of each author plus short biographical notes should also be included. All pages should be numbered. Contributions should normally be between
4000 and 8000 words in length. They should include an abstract of about 100 words and up to six key words. The abstract should cover the overall purpose or research problem, stated early in the abstract, the methodology used, including the research design, sample, and data
collection methods, a concise discussion of a few significant research findings and an overview of the main conclusions of the paper. The journal uses notes where necessary. Historical, documentary or archival sources should be cited in endnotes. Discursive endnotes are also
allowed. Endnotes are signalled in the text by superscript numbers. References in both the text and in any endnotes should follow Harvard style. References are cited in the text thus: author, date: page; an alphabetical References section should follow the text (and endnotes if any),
using the Harvard system. Titles of journals should not be abbreviated. Sample end references:
Federici, S. (2004) 'Women, Land-Struggles and Globalization: An International Perspective', Journal of Asian and African Studies 39(1/2): 47-62.
Dirlik, A. (1997) The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism in the Age of Global Capitalism. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Keddie, N. (1992) 'Material Culture, Technology, and Geography: Toward a Holistic Comparative Study of Middle East', in J. Cole (ed.) Comparative Muslim
Societies and State in a World Civilization, pp. 23-48. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Kakuchi, S. (2000) 'Reformer Shakes up Japan's Status Quo', Asia Times, 21 June, 39.
TABLES
Tables should be typed (double line-spaced) on separate sheets and their position indicated by a marginal note in the text. All tables should have short descriptive captions with footnotes and their source(s) typed below the tables.
ILLUSTRATIONS
All line diagrams and photographs are termed 'Figures' and should be referred to as such in the manuscript. They should be numbered consecutively. Line diagrams should be presented in a form suitable for immediate reproduction (i.e. not requiring redrawing), each on a separate A4 sheet. They should be reproducible to a final
printed text area of 115 mm x 185 mm. Photographs should preferably be submitted as clear, glossy, unmounted black and white prints with a good range of
contrast. Slides are also acceptable. All figures should have short descriptive captions typed on a separate sheet.
STYLE
Articles must be written in English. Use a clear readable style, avoiding jargon. If technical terms or acronyms must be included, define them when first used. Use nonracist, non-sexist language and plurals rather than he/she.
SPELLINGS
UK or US spellings may be used with '-ize' spellings as given in the Oxford English Dictionary (e.g. organize, recognize).
PUNCTUATION
Use single quotation marks with double quotes inside single quotes. Dates should be presented in the form 1 May 1998. Do not use points in abbreviations, contractions or acronyms (e.g. AD, USA, Dr, PhD).
PROOFS AND OFFPRINTS
Authors will receive proofs of their articles and be asked to send corrections to the production editor within two weeks. The corresponding author will be given controlled access to a PDF of their article and a complimentary copy (per author) of the whole issue after publication.
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DATA STATEMENT
The author(s) is responsible for accuracy and authenticity of information, data, and references in published manuscripts. Questions and requests for copies of data should be submitted to the author(s), not to the offices of JAAS.
