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17.1.8 Chapters and Other Titled Parts of a BookIn most cases, you should cite the main title of any book that offers a single, continuousargument or narrative, even if you actually use only a section of it. But if you consult only onepart of a book that collects independent pieces on several topics, written by one or severalauthors, you may cite just the one chapter or part most relevant to your research. By doing so,you help readers see how the source fits into your project.instead ofB: Demos, John. “Real Lives and Other Fictions: Reconsidering Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose.” InNovel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past (and Each Other), edited by Mark C.Carnes, 132–45. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.Carnes, Mark C., ed. Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past (and Each Other).New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.PARTS OF SINGLE-AUTHOR BOOKS. If you cite a titled part of a single-author book, includethe title of the part first, in roman type and enclosed in quotation marks. After the designationin, give the book title. In a bibliography entry, include the full span of page numbers for thatpart following the book title; in a note, give the page number(s) for a specific reference as youwould for any other quotation.N: 1. John Charles Chasteen, “Neocolonialism,” in Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of LatinAmerica (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001), 190–91.B: Chasteen, John Charles. “Neocolonialism.” In Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of LatinAmerica, 179–206. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001.If you cite a part with a generic title such as introduction, preface, or afterword, add thatterm before the title of the book. List the generic title in roman type without quotation marks,and capitalize the first word only in a bibliography entry. If the part is written by someoneother than the main author of the book, give the part author's name first and the book author'sname after the title.N: 7. Alfred W. Crosby, preface to the new edition of Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion ofEurope, 900–1900, new ed. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004), xv.16. Craig Calhoun, foreword to Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity, and Muslims in Britain, byTariq Modood (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005), xvi.B: Crosby, Alfred W. Preface to the new edition of Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion ofEurope, 900–1900. New ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.Calhoun, Craig. Foreword to Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity, and Muslims in Britain, by TariqModood. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005.PARTS OF EDITED COLLECTIONS. If you cite part of an edited collection with contributionsby multiple authors, list the part author and title (in roman type, enclosed in quotation marks)first. After the designation in, give the book title and the name of the editor. In a bibliographyentry, include the full span of page numbers for that part following the book title; in a note,give the page number(s) for a specific reference as you would for any other quotation.