Journal of Urban History
Sponsorship
The Journal of Urban History is now sponsored by the Urban History Association, with a discounted print subscription of $40.50 available exclusively to UHA members.
Comprehensive
The Journal of Urban History presents original research by distinguished authors from the variety of fields concerned with urban history. Each insightful issue offers the latest scholarship on such topics as:
- Public Housing
- Migration
- Urban Growth
- School Reform
- City Planning History
- Racial Segregation
- Urban Culture
- Urban Politics
In addition to incisive articles, the Journal of Urban History regularly publishes Review Essays, which provide a tremendous resource for research, study, and applications of new interpretations and developments in urban history.
In-Depth
The Journal of Urban History frequently supplements its broad coverage with in-depth studies on select topics of interest. These single-theme Special Issues are often guest-edited by experts in the field and provide a balanced analysis of the subject at hand.
Check out these popular articles online today:
Immigrant Island Cities in Industrial Detroit (March 2015)
Saima Akhtar
Barcelona's Urban Landscape: The Historical Making of a Tourist Product (September 2009)
Antonia Casellas
The City as Subject: Contemporary Public Sculpture in Berlin (September 2009)
Carolyn Loeb
Hurricane Katrina: Urban History from the Eye of the Storm (July 2009)
Joe W. Trotter and Johanna Fernandez
Race, Culture, Politics, and Urban Renewal: An Introduction (March 2009)
Eric Avila, Mark H. Rose
The Katrina Conspiracies: The Problem of Trust in Rebuilding an American City (January 2009)
Arnold R. Hirsch, A. Lee Levert
The Importance of an Urban Perspective in Environmental History (May 1994)
Christine Meisner Rosen, Joel Arthur Tarr
Ranked "A+" on Australian Research Council's 2008 Journal Ratings List (Humanities and Creative Arts)
The editors of Journal of Urban History are receptive to varied methodologies and are concerned about the history of cities and urban societies in all periods of human history and in all geographical areas of the world. The editors seek material that is analytical or interpretive rather than purely descriptive, but special attention will be given to articles offering important new insights or interpretations; utilizing new research techniques or methodologies; comparing urban societies over space and/or time; evaluating the urban historiography of varied areas of the world; singling out the unexplored but promising dimensions of the urban past for future researchers.
| David R Goldfield | University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA |
| Timothy Gilfoyle | Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Brian Ladd | SUNY at Albany, USA |
| Luther Adams - Free Man of Color | University of Washington, Tacoma, USA |
| Francesca Russello Ammon | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Davarian Baldwin | Trinity College, Ireland |
| Peter C. Baldwin | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Bülent Batuman | Bilkent University, Turkey |
| Daniela Bohorquez Sheinin | Urban History Association, USA |
| Hilary Botein | Baruch College, CUNY, USA |
| Blaine A. Brownell | Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
| Cecilia Chu | School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Dionne Danns | Indiana University, USA |
| Michael Javen Fortner | Claremont McKenna College, USA |
| Lionel Frost | Monash University, Australia |
| Lily Geismer | History, Claremont McKenna College, USA |
| Paige Glotzer | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
| Chad Heap | History, George Washington University |
| Carola Hein | Delft University of Technology, Department of Architecture, Netherlands |
| Cheryl D. Hicks | History, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA |
| Elizabeth Hinton | Yale University, USA |
| Rivke Jaffe | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Clarence Lang | Dean, College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University, USA |
| Matthew Lasner | Independent Scholar, USA |
| Jennifer Light | Northwestern University, USA |
| Suleiman Osman | George Washington University, USA |
| Emily Remus | University of Notre Dame, USA |
| Jason Sokol | University of New Hampshire, USA |
| David Stradling | University of Cincinnati, USA |
| Peter Thorsheim | University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA |
| Joe William Trotter Jr. | Carnegie Mellon University, USA |
| Victoria Wolcott | History, University of Buffalo, SUNY, USA |
| Carly Collins | University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA |
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/juh where authors will be required to set up an online account on the SageTrack system powered by ScholarOne. Please follow these instructions to upload your manuscript:
- If you are a new user, create an account using an active email address by clicking on the "Create Account" button. If you are a returning author, enter your username and password in the designated fields and click on "Log In" to access your account.
- Navigate to your Author Center and click on the link to submit a new manuscript. You will be directed through a series of six Manuscript Submissions steps and asked to enter in information about your submission.
- In the "File Upload" step, upload your title page and main document as two separate, Microsoft Word documents to allow for anonymized peer review. PDFs and WordPerfect versions will not be accepted. If your file contains images, please upload them as separate files, not as part of the original manuscript.
When you have completed all steps, click on submit your manuscript.
For additional information about Sage track and the submission process, please refer to the Author resources here.
Books for Review should be sent to Timothy Gilfoyle, Journal of Urban History, Department of History, Loyola University at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60626. Potential contributors of review essays are invited to correspond with Professor Gilfoyle via e-mail only at tgilfoy@luc.edu.
Submissions
Submission of a manuscript implies a commitment by the author to publish in the journal, if the manuscript is accepted, and the editors assume that any manuscript submitted to JUH is not currently under consideration by any other journal. Manuscripts should be no more than 30 pages typewritten double-spaced pages with endnotes, references, tables and figures on separate pages. Manuscripts are subjected to anonymize peer review and require the author's name(s) and affiliation listed on a separate page. Any other identification, including any references in the manuscript, the endnotes, the title, and reference sections should be removed from the paper and listed on separate pages. Accepted submissions must conform to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. Each submission should also include an abstract between 100-150 words, several keywords, and a brief biographical paragraph describing each author's current affiliation, research interests, and recent publications should also accompany the manuscript. Since manuscripts are reviewed anonymously, the author's name and affiliation should appear only on a separate covering page.
Sage's policy on fair use of manuscripts is listed here: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/journals-permissions, and a sample contributor form is available on JUH's Sage track submission site. Uploading previous drafts of submitted papers to online repositories does not disqualify a paper from being submitted to JUH. However, articles previously published in books, reference works, or other journals, or under review at any other journal may not be submitted to JUH.
Authors who would like to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider using the services of a professional English-language editing company. We highlight some of these companies at https://languageservices.sagepub.com/en/.
Please be aware that Sage has no affiliation with these companies and makes no endorsement of them. An author's use of these services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted. Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and the particular company, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.
ORCID
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.
The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.