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Every year, the Organization of American Historians awards prizes for the best books in history for that year in various fields. These books are evaluated by extremely qualified historians and they have done a fantastic job finding some of the best new books in American history.  
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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===
 
===Frederick Jackson Turner Award===
The Turner Award is given to the author for their first scholarly book on United States history.
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The Turner Award is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.
  
 
Mark G. Hanna,  <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469636042/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469636042&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1f8c14b9ad70642342762abb0fb69ad3 Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570–1740]</i> (2017, University of North Carolina Press)
 
Mark G. Hanna,  <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469636042/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469636042&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1f8c14b9ad70642342762abb0fb69ad3 Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570–1740]</i> (2017, University of North Carolina Press)
  
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HONORABLE MENTIONS:
  
HONORABLE MENTIONS
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Joshua L. Reid, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300209908/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300209908&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=39b83589a4aa2b720a35389a68f28f86 The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs]</i> (Yale University Press).
Joshua L. Reid, <i>The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs</i> (Yale University Press).
 
  
Andrew J. Torget, <i>Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800–1850</i> (University of North Carolina Press).
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Andrew J. Torget, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469624249/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469624249&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ecf1be3f569ed63ee41355c6d0037313 Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800–1850]</i> (University of North Carolina Press).
  
 
===Merle Curti Award===
 
===Merle Curti Award===
for the best books published in American social history and American intellectual history
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The Curti Award is given to the best new books in the fields of American social history and intellectual history.
 
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[[File:Corazon_Dixie.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|<i>Corazón de Dixie</i> by Julie Weise]]
 
'''SOCIAL HISTORY'''
 
'''SOCIAL HISTORY'''
Julie M. Weise, <i>Corazón de Dixie: Mexicanos in the U.S. South since 1910</i> (University of North Carolina Press)
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Julie M. Weise, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469624966/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469624966&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=c8057b0a61d3b6d44eee74e858233b59 Corazón de Dixie: Mexicanos in the U.S. South since 1910]</i> (University of North Carolina Press)
  
 
'''INTELLECTUAL HISTORY'''
 
'''INTELLECTUAL HISTORY'''
Daniel Immerwahr, <i>Thinking Small: TheUnited States and the Lure of Community Development</i> (Harvard
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Daniel Immerwahr, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674289943/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0674289943&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=11e3d7c3c7fd5b2f787fb7be0f06d970 Thinking Small: The United States and the Lure of Community Development]</i> (Harvard University Press)
University Press)
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===Darlene Clark Hine Award Winners===
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The Darlene Clark Hine Award is given annually by the Organization of American Historians to the author of the best book in African American women's and gender history.
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Talitha L. LeFlouria, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469630001/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469630001&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=42943609d96b33198ab5e013f877d653 Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South]</i> (University of North Carolina Press)
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HONORABLE MENTION:
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Premilla Nadasen, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807033197/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807033197&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=9762ed8e632d306be2d317ab386a1317 Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement]</i> (Beacon Press)
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HONORABLE MENTION:
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Sherie M. Randolph, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469623919/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469623919&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=79bdcf185128b8c5a3a01a34fbbd62ca Florynce "Flo" Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical]</i> (University of North Carolina Press)
  
 
===Richard W. Leopold Prize===
 
===Richard W. Leopold Prize===
for the author or editor of the best book on foreign policy, military affairs, historical
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The Leopold Prize is unique because it recognizes the contributions of U.S. government and federal contract historians. The award is given to the author or editor of the best book on foreign policy, military affairs, historical activities of the federal government, documentary histories, or biography.
activities of the federal government, documentary histories, or biography written by
 
a U.S. government historian or federal contract historian
 
  
Jacqueline E. Whitt, <i>Bringing God to Men: American Military Chaplains and the Vietnam War</i> (University of
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Jacqueline E. Whitt, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469612941/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469612941&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=90650ad9e78372bb52443870032aee1a" Bringing God to Men: American Military Chaplains and the Vietnam War]</i> (University of
 
North Carolina Press)
 
North Carolina Press)
  
 
===Avery O. Craven Award===
 
===Avery O. Craven Award===
for the most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War years, or
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The Craven award is given to best book covering the Civil War, the Civil War years, or
the Era of Reconstruction, with the exception of works of purely military history
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the Era of Reconstruction. Military history books are excluded from this prize.
  
Martha Hodes, <i>Mourning Lincoln</i> (Yale University Press).  
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Martha Hodes, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030019580X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=030019580X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=019908cd2b54b299a93e4eb385ec7ed8 Mourning Lincoln]</i> (Yale University Press).  
  
HONORABLE MENTION
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HONORABLE MENTION:
Gregory P. Downs, <i>After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War</i> (Harvard University Press).
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Gregory P. Downs, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674743989/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0674743989&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=fa398787e59e6daf62f3e9e40e4a3a9f After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War]</i> (Harvard University Press).
  
 
===James A. Rawley Prize===
 
===James A. Rawley Prize===
for the best book dealing with the history of race relations in the United States
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The Rawley Prize recognizes the best new book addressing the history of race relations in the United States.
 
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[[File:Brethren_by_nature.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|<i>Brethren by Nature</i> by Margaret Ellen Newell]]
Margaret Ellen Newell, <i>Brethren By Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery</i> (Cornell University Press)
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Margaret Ellen Newell, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501705733/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1501705733&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=8113f9e7208418389a0d7bf2426459a3 Brethren By Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery]</i> (Cornell University Press)
  
 
===Ellis W. Hawley Prize===
 
===Ellis W. Hawley Prize===
for the best book-length historical study of the political economy, politics, or institutions of
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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
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the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present.
  
Gary Gerstle, <i>Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present</i> (Princeton University Press)
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Gary Gerstle, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691162948/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0691162948&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1e9a0fe0356ca2437f074a44f4a48992 Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present]</i> (Princeton University Press)
  
 
===Liberty Legacy Foundation Award===
 
===Liberty Legacy Foundation Award===
for the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle from the beginnings of the
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The Liberty Legacy Award is specifically for the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle.
nation to the present
 
  
Tanisha C. Ford, <i>Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul</i> (University of North Carolina Press)
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Tanisha C. Ford, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1469625156/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1469625156&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=2b0569bbb05a4634892c4d5d1115da73 Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul]</i> (University of North Carolina Press)
  
 
===Lawrence W. Levine Award===
 
===Lawrence W. Levine Award===
for the author of the best book in American cultural history
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The Levine Award focuses on the best book in American cultural history.
  
Benjamin Looker, <i>A Nation of Neighborhoods: Imagining Cities, Communities, and Democracy in Postwar America</i> (University of Chicago Press).
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Benjamin Looker, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022629031X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=022629031X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=f0bcb611fac764c5d21fdae3aae4d8ea A Nation of Neighborhoods: Imagining Cities, Communities, and Democracy in Postwar America]</i> (University of Chicago Press).
  
 
===David Montgomery Award===
 
===David Montgomery Award===
for the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history, with co-sponsorship by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
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The Montgomery Award is given to the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history.
  
Elizabeth Fones-Wolf and Ken Fones-Wolf, <i>Struggle for the Soul of the Postwar South: White Evangelical Protestants and Operation Dixie</i> (University of Illinois Press)  
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Elizabeth Fones-Wolf and Ken Fones-Wolf, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0252080661/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0252080661&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1273cecbaaabe512cd3add9e19bef70c Struggle for the Soul of the Postwar South: White Evangelical Protestants and Operation Dixie]</i> (University of Illinois Press)  
 
   
 
   
 
HONORABLE MENTION:
 
HONORABLE MENTION:
Lou Martin, <i>Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia</i> (University of Illinois Press).  
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Lou Martin, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0252081021/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0252081021&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=0feb492ff6bbc1696ce55a9a15f7ff74 Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia]</i> (University of Illinois Press).
  
 
===Mary Jurich Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History===
 
===Mary Jurich Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History===
for the most original book in U.S. women’s and/or gender history
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The Nickless Prize is awarded to the most original book in during any period of American women’s or gender history.
  
Cassandra Alexis Good, <i>Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic</i> (Oxford University Press).
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Cassandra Alexis Good, <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199376174/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0199376174&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=4f0a5b7c640d04798c9025f42ec50acb Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic] </i> (Oxford University Press).
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Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740

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.

Mark G. Hanna, Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570–1740 (2017, University of North Carolina Press)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Joshua L. Reid, The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs (Yale University Press).

Andrew J. Torget, Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800–1850 (University of North Carolina Press).

Merle Curti Award

The Curti Award is given to the best new books in the fields of American social history and intellectual history.

Corazón de Dixie by Julie Weise

SOCIAL HISTORY Julie M. Weise, Corazón de Dixie: Mexicanos in the U.S. South since 1910 (University of North Carolina Press)

INTELLECTUAL HISTORY Daniel Immerwahr, Thinking Small: The United States and the Lure of Community Development (Harvard University Press)

Darlene Clark Hine Award Winners

The Darlene Clark Hine Award is given annually by the Organization of American Historians to the author of the best book in African American women's and gender history. Talitha L. LeFlouria, Chained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South (University of North Carolina Press)

HONORABLE MENTION: Premilla Nadasen, Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement (Beacon Press) HONORABLE MENTION: Sherie M. Randolph, Florynce "Flo" Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical (University of North Carolina Press)

Richard W. Leopold Prize

The Leopold Prize is unique because it recognizes the contributions of U.S. government and federal contract historians. The award is given to the author or editor of the best book on foreign policy, military affairs, historical activities of the federal government, documentary histories, or biography.

Jacqueline E. Whitt, " Bringing God to Men: American Military Chaplains and the Vietnam War (University of North Carolina 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.

Martha Hodes, Mourning Lincoln (Yale University Press).

HONORABLE MENTION: Gregory P. Downs, After Appomattox: Military Occupation and the Ends of War (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.

Brethren by Nature by Margaret Ellen Newell

Margaret Ellen Newell, Brethren By Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery (Cornell 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.

Gary Gerstle, Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present (Princeton University Press)

Liberty Legacy Foundation Award

The Liberty Legacy Award is specifically for the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle.

Tanisha C. Ford, Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul (University of North Carolina Press)

Lawrence W. Levine Award

The Levine Award focuses on the best book in American cultural history.

Benjamin Looker, A Nation of Neighborhoods: Imagining Cities, Communities, and Democracy in Postwar 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.

Elizabeth Fones-Wolf and Ken Fones-Wolf, Struggle for the Soul of the Postwar South: White Evangelical Protestants and Operation Dixie (University of Illinois Press)

HONORABLE MENTION: Lou Martin, Smokestacks in the Hills: Rural-Industrial Workers in West Virginia (University of Illinois Press).

Mary Jurich Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History

The Nickless Prize is awarded to the most original book in during any period of American women’s or gender history.

Cassandra Alexis Good, Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic (Oxford University Press).