The article provides guidelines to authors who wish to contribute to the journal "Journal of Historical Sociology." The journal welcomes articles that contribute to the historically grounded understanding of human societies, whatever their disciplinary provenance or theoretical standpoint. For paper submission, four copies of the manuscript should be sent to Derek Sayer and Yoke-Sum Wong, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton in Alberta. All contributions should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 100 words, and a brief biographical note including institutional affiliation. The article states that the authors should write in plain English, and that various spellings may be used as long as they are consistent within an article. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced throughout, including quotations, notes, and references. Illustrations should be submitted in camera-ready form, and provided on separate sheets and should not included in the body of the text. A note in the text should indicate location of illustrations.