About this Journal

    The Journal of American and Canadian Studies is published annually by the Institute of American and Canadian Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan to promote better understandings of the North American region and distributed over two thousand readers throughout the world.

    The Journal carries scholarly papers, book reviews, and introductory articles on North American areas meant for sophisticated and concerned readers. The readers include members of academia, journalism, civil service, graduate schools as well as interested parties. The topics could be political, economical, historical and cultural considerations on the area.

Contribution and Copyright

    Researchers of various disciplines such as history, politics, economics, culture and international relations on the American and Canadian regions are welcome to submit manuscripts to be published in this journal regardless of their affiliated organizations or occupations.

    Proposed manuscripts will be examined by the editorial board, and upon acceptance of the board, will be published in The Journal in printed form. Your accepted paper will also be carried on this web site. Due to the non-profit nature of The Journal, there will be no remunerations for the papers.

    Papers on this web page are published with permission of the authors and are freely provided for your reference. The copyright belongs to the Institute of American and Canadian Studies. Should you decide to quote to use parts of these articles in your publications, please notify us via email or other convenient method.

Editorial Board

The editorial board of this publication consists of full time members of the Institute of American and Canadian studies. As of summer of 2006, the members are as follows:

• Editor in Chief :  Tomoyuki Iino

• Board members : Kazuyuki Matsuo, Masaharu Nakamura, Juro Otsuka, Makoto Tanno, Kenneth G. Okimoto, Shitsuyo Masui, Wm. Thomas Hill, , Takahiro Ueyama, Tsutomu Kanayama, Julia Leyda, 

Subscription

Contact us at the following address for details.

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Submit manuscripts and all correspondence to the:

Editorial Board, The Journal of American and Canadian Studies

Mailing address:

Editorial Board

The Journal of American and Canadian Studies

Sophia University Institute of American and Canadian Studies

7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan

Manuscript Format

Preferred format: e-mail attachment (Rich Text Format or Plain Text Format)

Less desirable format: A floppy disc and its print-out (Rich Text Format or Plain Text Format)

Least desirable format: Typewritten manuscript

Manuscript Requirements

1. Articles: about 30 pages,  Review articles: about 20 pages,  Book reviews: about 10 pages (letter size, double space)

2. The style of the manuscript should follow either the current edition of the CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE or the MLA STYLE MANUAL. Footnotes or references should be internally consistent, following whichever style is chosen for the manuscript. We reserve the right to make minor stylistic changes of the manuscript in accordance with the CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE or the MLA STYLE MANUAL.

3. The author's identification should include name, title/position and /or area of specialty.

4. A three-hundred-word abstract of your manuscript should be attached.

This Journal is indexed and abstracted in America: History and Life, Historical Abstracts, and Canadian Magazine Index.