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Contributors are needed for assignments for thought-provoking entries for *The
World of a Slave: Encyclopedia of Material Slave Life in the United States*,
co-edited by Martha Katz-Hyman and Kym Rice and to be published by
Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, Inc.  Scheduled to appear in 2010, this two-volume
encyclopedia will focus on the material culture of American slave life
through the end of the Civil War and is aimed at general audiences as well
as high school and college students.  More than 200 alphabetically arranged
entries on all areas of material culture of enslaved African Americans will
be included.

 Contributors must be able to write to specification for a general audience
and adhere to deadlines; a modest honorarium is available.

 Please send CV for consideration to [log in to unmask] Replies only
to qualified candidates.



Martha Katz-Hyman, Independent Curator


Kym Rice

Director, Museums Studies Program
The George Washington University

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