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Book Proposal* Guidelines

In 500-2,500 well-chosen, polished words, the proposal should provide the following.

1. Subject, scope, and thesis.

2. Core contribution: what's unique, significant, exciting?

3. Comparison to the most important, germane books.

4. Intended audience.

5. Reasons for undertaking the work.

6. Research methodology.

7. Length of work (preferably in words) and number of illustrations (what kind?).

8. Table of contents (preferably annotated sufficiently to convey both the chapter's coverage and how it develops the overall argument).

9. Status of proposed work: if not begun or finished, what is the schedule for completion?

10. Qualifications of author.

Submit your proposal to one of our acquisitions editors, listed below with their subject areas of publication:

Editor in Chief: Michael Briggs
785-864-9162, mbriggs@ku.edu
Military history and intelligence studies; law and legal history; political science

Acquisitions Editor: Kalyani Fernando
785-864-9160, kfernando@ku.edu
Western history and Native American studies; environmental studies;
American studies; women's studies

Director: Fred M. Woodward
785-864-4667, fwoodward@ku.edu
American government and public policy; presidential studies;
American political thought; urban politics; Kansas and regional studies

* The University Press of Kansas welcomes e-mailed proposals but not attached partial or complete manuscripts.