Editorial Procedures All manuscripts submitted to Histoire sociale – Social History are peer reviewed before being considered for publication by the Editorial Board. Once a paper has been approved for publication, it may not be withdrawn without the approval of the Board. Authors are requested to submit an electronic and two printed copies of their manuscripts and must provide a summary of approximately 100 words. Each author will receive offprints of his or her article and one copy of the issue in which it appears. Of the royalties arising from the reproduction of an article published in Histoire Sociale – Social History, the author will receive $50. The editors accept no responsibility for opinions expressed by the contributors. To ensure that the copy conforms to editorial practice, the Editors retain the final authority in matters of style. Manuscript Presentation Authors are requested to submit two copies of their manuscripts and must provide a summary of approximately 100 words. A French translation of that summary should also be provided, if possible. Manuscripts should not exceed 15,000 words, including footnotes. The text should be double-spaced. Tables and figures should be placed at the end of the manuscript. The title page should include the title of the article, the full name of the author, and his or her academic address. Tables, graphs, figures, and illustrations referred to in the text should have appropriate titles or captions and should be numbered using Arabic numerals. If need be, the source should be indicated immediately below. Please provide JPG files of any images. Numbers under 10 are usually expressed in words. The percentage sign is used in tables; the word per cent is preferred in the text. Decimals should always be expressed in Arabic numerals, for example, 46.5 per cent. Dates are shown as follows: the 1960s, but the sixties; September 24, 1979; the nineteenth century. Spelling generally follows the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Usage follows H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage. Quotations and Citations Quotations in French or English need not be translated. Quotations from other languages must be translated into the language of the manuscript. Unless punctuation belongs to the original quotation, it should be placed outside the quotation marks. Examples: “It was obvious”, stated the newspaper report, “that the crime was committed before midnight.” The report ended by regretting the increasing number of violent incidents by “gangs”. Omission of quoted materials should be indicated by three points of ellipsis. Modifications of the original quotation or any words of the author’s are enclosed in square brackets. Sic in square brackets confirms the use or form of quoted words. Quotations of more than five typed lines should form an indented paragraph. Omission at the beginning and end of an extract is not indicated; quotation marks are not needed. To the degree possible, footnote numbers are to be placed at the end of sentences and after the terminating punctuation or quotation marks. Example: “His political career was shaped by the feeling that ‘noblesse oblige’.”24 First References Books: James D. Young, The Rousing of the Scottish Working Class (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1979), pp. 10-18, 104-106, 174-176. Editor as author: J. M. S. Careless, ed., The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders, 1841-1867 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980). Component part by one author in a work edited by another: J. K. Johnson, “John A. Macdonald” in J.M. S. Careless, ed., The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders, 1841-1867 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980), pp. 197-245. Article in a journal: Yves Landry, “Mortalité, nuptialité et canadianisation des troupes françaises de la guerre de Sept Ans”, Histoire sociale - Social History, vol. 12, no. 24 (November 1979), pp. 296-315. Unpublished thesis: Allan Greer, “Habitants of the Lower Richelieu: Rural Society in Three Quebec Parishes, 1740-1840” (Ph.D. dissertation, York University, 1980), pp. 136-138. Subsequent References Avoid op. cit. and loc. cit. by citing the author’s surname and short title. Examples follow as above: Young, Scottish Working Class, pp. 70-77; Careless, Pre-Confederation Premiers; Johnson, “John A. Macdonald”, p. 201; Landry, “Mortalité, nuptialité‚ et canadianisation”, pp. 301-306; Greer, “Habitants of the Lower Richelieu”, pp. 122-129. When references to the same work follow each other with no intervening reference, Ibid. is used. Manuscript Sources First reference should have the following order: (1) name of repository, (2) name of collection, (3) reference number, volume or carton number, page, folio or document number, (4) title or identification of document, (5) date. Example: British Museum (hereafter BM), Liverpool Papers, Add. MSS. 33282, p. 94, William Shirley to Hawkesbury, April 23, 1791. In subsequent references to a manuscript source, the name of the repository may be abbreviated. This should be indicated in the first reference as above. Guidelines for Book Reviewers Heading Indicate in the following order: the name of the author or editor of the book (small caps), the title in italics, the place of publication, the publisher, the date of publication and the number of pages. For example: POLLARD, Sidney — Peaceful Conquest: The Industrialization of Europe, 1760-1970. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. Pp.451. MORIN, Marie —Histoire simple et véritable, edited by Ghislaine Legendre. Montreal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1979. Pp.348. Spacing Indent the beginning of each paragraph; double-space the text and do not hyphenate words at the end of the lines. Quotations of more than four typewritten lines should be indented and form a distinct paragraph; omit quotation marks in such cases. References Following each quotation, between parentheses, mention the page number or any other pertaining reference from which it was taken. For example: “...” (pp. 113-114). Do not use footnotes. Dates Use month, day, and year: March 17, 1877. For decades, use either 1880s or eighties. Signature Present your name and affiliation in the following manner: Marvin Horner, University of Toronto Note Your text should be no longer than 1,000 to 1,200 words. Please send your text by e-mail to  : hssh2@uottawa.ca