Browse Award Winners



The Gospel of the Working Class

Winner of the H.L. Mitchell Award from the Southern Historical Association, 2012.

Author: Erik S. Gellman and Jarod Roll

Benching Jim Crow

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2012.

Author: Charles H. Martin

Nettl's Elephant

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2012.

Author: Bruno Nettl

Queer Pollen

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2012.

Author: David A. Gerstner

Illinois

Received a Superior Achievement Award from the Illinois State Historical Society, 2012.

Author: Gerald A. Danzer

The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929

Received a Superior Achievement Award from the Illinois State Historical Society, 2012.

Author: Christopher Robert Reed

Radio Utopia

Received the Tankard Book Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2012.

Author: Matthew C. Ehrlich

In Pursuit of Gold

Recognized as an honor book in the competition for the Denver Public Librarys Western History/Genealogy Department Caroline Bancroft History Prize, 2012.

Author: Sue Fawn Chung

The Muse Is Music

Received an Honorable Mention in the competition for the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association (MLA), 2012

Author: Meta DuEwa Jones

George Szell

Received the Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collection (ARSC), 2012.

Author: Michael Charry

Chinese American Transnational Politics

Received an honorable mention for the Book Award in History from the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), 2012.

Author: Him Mark Lai

Defending Their Own in the Cold

Received an Honorable Mention in the Frank Bonilla Book Award Competition from the Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA), 2012.

Author: Marc Zimmerman

Crowe on the Banjo

Received the Best Historical Research in Country, Folk or Ethnic Music Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2012. Received the Print Media Person of the Year Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), 2012.

Author: Marty Godbey

Living with Lynching

Winner of the American Theatre and Drama Society (ATDS) Book Award, 2012. Winner of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers (SSAWW) Book Award, 2012.

Author: Koritha Mitchell

Scripting Hitchcock

Nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best Critical/Biographical, 2012.

Author: Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick

Novel Bondage

Selected as one of two winners of the Robert K. Martin Prize for Best Book, sponsored by the Canadian Association for American Studies (CAAS), 2012.

Author: Tess Chakkalakal

Archie Green

Awarded the CLR James Award for Best Book from the Working Class Studies Association, 2012.

Author: Sean Burns