======================= HES POSTING ================= [posted by Ross Emmett for Derek Blakeley <[log in to unmask]>] Makers of Western Culture, 1800-1914: A Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences Edited by John Powell and Derek Blakeley Contracted for publication by Greenwood Press in 1999. Signed articles will run between 500 and 850 words and will be needed by June 1998. The first round of assignments will be made in July 1997. It is clear that the influence of "great" ideas and canonical writers on the shaping of Western culture was less direct and more particular than traditionally imagined. Makers of Western Culture is intended to be a practical tool to assist scholars in tracing the literary/cultural influences of several hundred of the most significant figures responsible for the general cultural development of Europe, Great Britain, and the United States between 1800 and 1914. The proposed list includes such figures of interest to historians of economics as Bagehot, Bright, Cobden, Engels, Malthus, James Mill, John Stuart Mill, Marx, Owen, and Ricardo. For a complete Prospectus, List of Subjects, and Notes for Contributors, please contact for "continental" & American subjects: Dr. John Powell Division of Humanities Penn State-Erie Station Road Erie, PA 16563 [log in to unmask] for British and Irish subjects: Derek Blakeley Department of History Box 1062 Washington University One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130 [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]