Lawrence W. Levine Award
The Lawrence W. Levine Award is an annual book award made by the Organization of American Historians (OAH). The award goes to the best book in American cultural history.[1] The award is named for Professor Lawrence W. Levine, President of the OAH 1992-1993, who wrote extensively in the field. A committee of 5 members of the OAH, chosen annually by the President, makes the award. The winner receives $1000.
The Awards
Source: Organization of American Historians
| Year | Winner | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Daniel R. Mandell[2] | Truman State University | Tribe, Race, History: Native Americans in Southern New England, 1780-1880 |
| 2009 | Peggy Pascoe | University of Oregon | What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America |
| 2010 | Kathleen M. Brown[3] | University of Pennsylvania | Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America |
| 2011 | Heather Murray[4] | University of Ottawa | Not in This Family: Gays and the Meaning of Kinship in Postwar North America |
| 2012 | Michael Willrich | Brandeis University | Pox: An American History |
| 2013 | Adria L. Imada | University of California, San Diego | Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire |
| 2014 | Shawn Michelle Smith | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, | At the Edge of Sight: Photography and the Unseen |
| 2015 | Allyson Hobbs | Stanford University | A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life |
References
- ↑ http://www.oah.org/programs/awards/lawrence-w-levine-award/ Last viewed September 9, 2015.
- ↑ http://www2.truman.edu/~dmandell/ Last viewed on March 21, 2011
- ↑ http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/cv/brown.pdf Last viewed on March 21, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.research.uottawa.ca/news-details_2280.html Last viewed on November 28, 2011.
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