Learn how to cite “The Social Contract” by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Learn how to create in-text citations and a full citation/reference/note for The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau using the examples below. The Social Contract is cited in 14 different citation styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard, APA, ACS, and many others.
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Popular Citation Styles
Here are The Social Contract citations for five popular citation styles: MLA, APA, Chicago (notes-bibliography), Chicago (author-date), and Harvard style.
| Citation Style | In-text Citation | Full Citation/Reference |
|---|---|---|
| MLA, 9th ed. | (Rousseau) |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Social Contract. Translated by Maurice Cranston, Penguin Books, 2004. |
| APA, 7th ed. | (Rousseau, 2004) |
Rousseau, J.-J. (2004). The social contract (M. Cranston, Trans.). Penguin Books. |
| Chicago (notes-bibliography), 17th ed. | Example sentence.1
———— 1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract, trans. Maurice Cranston (London: Penguin Books, 2004). |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. The Social Contract. Translated by Maurice Cranston. London: Penguin Books, 2004. |
| Chicago (author-date), 17th ed. | (Rousseau 2004) |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. 2004. The Social Contract. Translated by Maurice Cranston. London: Penguin Books. |
| Harvard | (Rousseau and Cranston, 2004) |
Rousseau, J.-J. & Cranston, M., 2004. The social contract, London: Penguin Books. |
Additional Styles
Here are The social contract citations for 14 popular citation styles including Turabian style, the American Medical Association (AMA) style, the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style, IEEE, and more.
| Citation Style | In-text Citation | Full Citation/Reference/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ACS | (Rousseau and Cranston, 2004)
Example sentence (1). Example sentence.1 *ACS has 3 formatting options. |
1. Rousseau, J.-J.; Cranston, M. The Social Contract; Penguin Books: London, 2004. |
| AMA | Example sentence.1 | 1. Rousseau J-J, Cranston M. The Social Contract. London: Penguin Books; 2004. |
| APSA | (Rousseau and Cranston 2004) | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, and Maurice Cranston. 2004. The Social Contract. London: Penguin Books. |
| ASA | (Rousseau and Cranston 2004) | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques and Maurice Cranston. 2004. The Social Contract. London: Penguin Books. |
| Bluebook | Example sentence.1 | 1 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, and Maurice Cranston, The Social Contract (2004) |
| CSE, citation-sequence | (Rousseau and Cranston 2004) | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, and Maurice Cranston. 2004. The Social Contract. London: Penguin Books. |
| IEEE | Example sentence [1]. | [1] Rousseau, J.-J.; Cranston, M., The social contract; Penguin Books: London, 2004. |
| Turabian | Example sentence.1
———— 1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Maurice Cranston, The Social Contract (London: Penguin, 2004). |
Rousseau J-J, Cranston M. The Social Contract. London: Penguin Books; 2004. |
| Vancouver | Example sentence (1).
Example sentence.1 *Vancouver has 2 formatting options. |
(1) Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, and Maurice Cranston. The social contract. London: Penguin Books, 2004. |
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