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City University of New York
<robin@fitzroydearborn.com>
In 2002, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers (Chicago and London)
plans to publish The Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities,
a new reference source intended to be the authoritative
guide to its subject well into the 21st century. In a world
filled with ethnic tensions, religious hatred, and endemic
civil war, the encyclopedia will be a vital and necessary
resource for academics, journalists, activists, and
government officials, as well as for the general public.
The book is planned as a two-volume, A-Z encyclopedia,
approximately 2,000 pages long with some 600 essay entries.
We are committed to producing a work of reference that
exhibits the highest standards of scholarly research and
theoretical sophistication, offers a history and context for
each minority and concept covered, and supplies useful
demographic data. We are currently in the germinal stage of
locating contributors, and I hope you will take a moment to
examine the complete list of entries by visiting our website
at:
http://www.fitzroydearborn.com/chicago/minorities.htm
If you discover one or more selections that interest you,
please send the on-line Contributor Information and Essay
Request form so we may consider your candidacy. The website
also contains a detailed description of the project, a list
of advisory board members, submission guidelines, a sample
essay, and payment information. Entries will be assigned on
the basis of availability and contributor expertise. If you
lack Internet access but would like to learn more about the
project, you may contact commissioning editor Robin Rone
(robin@fitzroydearborn.com or 312-587-0131 ext. 232).
We would also greatly appreciate your bringing this project
to the attention of your colleagues and qualified graduate
students. Please direct any potential contributors to the
project website or to the contact information above.
I very much hope that you will be able to write for the
Encyclopedia of World's Minorities. I look forward to
hearing from you at your earliest opportunity, but no later
than October 6, 2000. Our first round of assignments will be
made prior to the first of November with deadlines beginning
in January 2001.
Sincerely,
Carl Skutsch, Project Editor
Baruch College, City University of New York
 Humanities & Social Sciences Online 
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