Q. Hello, Chicago doesn’t seem to have an example of how to cite a contribution to a new edition of a book. Should the edition number follow a period or comma in the reference list entry below? Though my example is in Chicago 17 style, the question is still relevant for Chicago 18 style, so I would appreciate your guidance. Thanks!
Rothbard, Murray N. 2006. “The Libertarian Heritage: The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism.” In For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, 1–23. 2nd ed. Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute.
A. The best place for an edition number for a book is usually just after the title. When it’s part of an “In . . .” statement (as in your example), it follows a comma. As of the 18th edition, Chicago no longer requires a page range for a chapter or other contribution to a book or a place of publication, so your author-date entry would look like this:
Rothbard, Murray N. 2006. “The Libertarian Heritage: The American Revolution and Classical Liberalism.” In For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, 2nd ed. Ludwig von Mises Institute.
(If you were following CMOS 17, the edition number would precede the page range: “. . . Manifesto, 2nd ed., 1–23. . . .”) In a reference list entry for the book as a whole, the edition number would follow a period:
Rothbard, Murray N. 2006. For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto. 2nd ed. Ludwig von Mises Institute.
Bibliography entries would follow the same pattern (except for the placement of the year of publication; see CMOS 14.1).