Difference between revisions of "2014 Organization of American Historians Book Awards"
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===Frederick Jackson Turner Award=== | ===Frederick Jackson Turner Award=== | ||
The Turner Award is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history. | The Turner Award is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history. | ||
| − | + | Geraldo L. Cadava, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674970896/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0674970896&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=04451368b79517b872b85fb739f68db5 Standing on Common Ground: The Making of a Sunbelt Borderland]</i> (Harvard University Press) | |
HONORABLE MENTION: Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822353393/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0822353393&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=f0f3e8d2547e48bf2e45e90ba05a2a60 Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton], California (Duke University Press) | HONORABLE MENTION: Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822353393/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0822353393&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=f0f3e8d2547e48bf2e45e90ba05a2a60 Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton], California (Duke University Press) | ||
===Darlene Clark Hine Award Winners=== | ===Darlene Clark Hine Award Winners=== | ||
| − | + | Estelle B. Freedman, <i>Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation</i> (Harvard University Press) | |
===Merle Curti Social History Award=== | ===Merle Curti Social History Award=== | ||
The Curti Award is given to the best new books in the fields of American social history. | The Curti Award is given to the best new books in the fields of American social history. | ||
[[File:The_Internal_Enemy.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|<i>The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832</i> by Alan Taylor]] | [[File:The_Internal_Enemy.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|<i>The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832</i> by Alan Taylor]] | ||
| − | + | Alan Taylor, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039334973X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=039334973X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ea9764f3f18fc8afc3e9154a93050ec0 The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832]</i> (W.W. Norton & Company) | |
===Merle Curti Intellectual History Award=== | ===Merle Curti Intellectual History Award=== | ||
The Curti Award is given to the best new books in the fields of American intellectual history. | The Curti Award is given to the best new books in the fields of American intellectual history. | ||
| − | + | W. Caleb McDaniel, <i>The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform</i> (LSU Press) | |
===Avery O. Craven Award=== | ===Avery O. Craven Award=== | ||
The Craven award is given to best book covering the Civil War, the Civil War years, or | The Craven award is given to best book covering the Civil War, the Civil War years, or | ||
the Era of Reconstruction. Military history books are excluded from this prize. | the Era of Reconstruction. Military history books are excluded from this prize. | ||
| − | + | Ari Kelman, <i>A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek</i> (Harvard University Press) | |
HONORABLE MENTION: Caroline E. Janney, <i>Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation</i> (University of North Carolina Press) | HONORABLE MENTION: Caroline E. Janney, <i>Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation</i> (University of North Carolina Press) | ||
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===James A. Rawley Prize=== | ===James A. Rawley Prize=== | ||
The Rawley Prize recognizes the best new book addressing the history of race relations in the United States. | The Rawley Prize recognizes the best new book addressing the history of race relations in the United States. | ||
| − | + | Brenda E. Stevenson, <i>The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots</i> (Oxford University Press) | |
===Ellis W. Hawley Prize=== | ===Ellis W. Hawley Prize=== | ||
The Hawley prize is awarded for the best book-length on the political economy, politics, or institutions of | The Hawley prize is awarded for the best book-length on the political economy, politics, or institutions of | ||
the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present. | the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present. | ||
| − | + | Kate Brown, <i>Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters</i> (Oxford University Press) | |
===Liberty Legacy Foundation Award=== | ===Liberty Legacy Foundation Award=== | ||
[[File:The_half.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|<i>The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism</i> by Edward E. Baptist]] | [[File:The_half.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|<i>The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism</i> by Edward E. Baptist]] | ||
The Liberty Legacy Award is specifically for the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle. | The Liberty Legacy Award is specifically for the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle. | ||
| − | + | Susan D. Carle, <i>Defining the Struggle: National Organizing for Racial Justice, 1880–1915</i> (Oxford University Press) | |
===Lawrence W. Levine Award=== | ===Lawrence W. Levine Award=== | ||
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===David Montgomery Award=== | ===David Montgomery Award=== | ||
The Montgomery Award is given to the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history. | The Montgomery Award is given to the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history. | ||
| − | + | Stacey L. Smith, <i>Freedom's Frontier: California and the Struggle over Unfree Labor, Emancipation, and Reconstruction</i> (University of North Carolina Press) | |
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Revision as of 00:25, 15 April 2017
Every year, the Organization of American Historians awards prizes for the best books in United States history for that year within different historical disciplines. These books are evaluated by extremely qualified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016.
Frederick Jackson Turner Award
The Turner Award is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history. Geraldo L. Cadava, Standing on Common Ground: The Making of a Sunbelt Borderland (Harvard University Press)
HONORABLE MENTION: Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California (Duke University Press)
Darlene Clark Hine Award Winners
Estelle B. Freedman, Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation (Harvard University Press)
Merle Curti Social History Award
The Curti Award is given to the best new books in the fields of American social history.
Alan Taylor, The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832 (W.W. Norton & Company)
Merle Curti Intellectual History Award
The Curti Award is given to the best new books in the fields of American intellectual history. W. Caleb McDaniel, The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform (LSU Press)
Avery O. Craven Award
The Craven award is given to best book covering the Civil War, the Civil War years, or the Era of Reconstruction. Military history books are excluded from this prize. Ari Kelman, A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek (Harvard University Press)
HONORABLE MENTION: Caroline E. Janney, Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation (University of North Carolina Press) HONORABLE MENTION: Walter Johnson, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press)
James A. Rawley Prize
The Rawley Prize recognizes the best new book addressing the history of race relations in the United States. Brenda E. Stevenson, The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots (Oxford University Press)
Ellis W. Hawley Prize
The Hawley prize is awarded for the best book-length on the political economy, politics, or institutions of the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present. Kate Brown, Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters (Oxford University Press)
Liberty Legacy Foundation Award
The Liberty Legacy Award is specifically for the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle. Susan D. Carle, Defining the Struggle: National Organizing for Racial Justice, 1880–1915 (Oxford University Press)
Lawrence W. Levine Award
The Levine Award focuses on the best book in American cultural history.
- Shawn Michelle Smith, At the Edge of Sight: Photography and the Unseen (Duke University Press)
HONORABLE MENTION: Teresa Barnett, Sacred Relics: Pieces of the Past in Nineteenth-Century America (University of Chicago Press)
David Montgomery Award
The Montgomery Award is given to the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history. Stacey L. Smith, Freedom's Frontier: California and the Struggle over Unfree Labor, Emancipation, and Reconstruction (University of North Carolina Press)
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