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Author and Reviewer Guidesheet

The South Texas Historical Association was founded in 1954 "to encourage and to aid in the development of local historical societies and to discover, collect, preserve, and publish historical records and data relating to South Texas, and with special emphasis on the Tamaulipan background and the colony of Nuevo Santander."

The Journal of South Texas is a biannual publication and is sent to all members of the South Texas Historical Association.  Individual Association membership is $15 annually.  Joint membership of husband and wife is $20 annually.  Dues should be sent to the Treasurer, Mary Jo O'Rear, 3946 Kingston, Corpus Christi, Texas 78415-3326.

The Journal of South Texas welcomes article submissions from both professional and amateur historians that address some aspect of the history and heritage of South Texas and/or Northern Mexico.  Manuscripts and correspondence concerning editorial matters should be addressed to Thomas A. Britten, University of Texas at Brownsville, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX  78520, 956-882-7379, FAX: 956-882-7072, email: JST@utb.edu.

For information about book reviews, write to Professor Karen Fritz Hagan, Department of Social Sciences, Victoria College, 2200 East Red River, Victoria, Texas 77901.

Guidesheet for submitting Book Reviews

The Journal of South Texas, the publication of the South Texas Historical Association, follows the style of citation of The Southwestern Historical Quarterly.  All book reviews must be preceded by complete bibliographic information about the book, in the following order:

Complete title of the book, italicized.
"By" followed by the complete name of author(s).
Publication information in brackets (including place of publication: publisher, date of publication.  Number of pages, ISBN number, and price.)

For example: Torpedoes in the Gulf.  By Melanie Wiggins.  (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1955.  pp. 280.  Preface, appendix, notes, bibliography, index.  ISBN 0-89096-627-3.  $29.50.)

        1. Single space the bibliographic information.

        2. Triple space between the bibliographic information and the text of the book review.

        3. Double space the text of the review.

        4. The text of the review should be between 500 and 1000 words in length, depending upon the importance   of the book.

        5. At the end of the review, the reviewer's affiliation should be flush with the left margin and the reviewer's name flush with the right margin.

        6. The review should be submitted as a hardcopy.  An accompanying copy on a computer disk (3.5-inch) in "text only" format would be especially appreciated.

For further information about style, see previously published book reviews in The Journal of South Texas or contact the Book Review Editor.