Cundill History PrizeFinalist

Given by Peter Cundill Foundation

51 Works 4,072 Books 75 Reviews 4.1
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The Cundill History Prize recognizes and rewards the best history writing in mostrar mais English. The award is the largest non-fiction historical literature prize in the world given to an author whose work has had a profound literary, social and academic impact on the field.

A prize of US$75,000 is awarded annually to the book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal. The two runners-up each receive US$10,000.

Administered by McGill University in Montreal and awarded by a distinguished jury, the Cundill History Prize honours the abiding passion for history of its founder, F. Peter Cundill, by encouraging informed public debate through the wider dissemination of history writing to new audiences around the world.

Any historical period or subject is eligible, and translations into English are warmly welcomed. Books are accepted regardless of the nationality or place of residence of their authors. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (17), Finalist (51), Shortlist (88), Longlist (149), finalist (14)
Years:
Todos, 2023 (6), 2022 (3), 2021 (3), 2020 (3), 2019 (3), 2018 (3), 2017 (3), 2016 (3), 2015 (3), 2014 (3), 2013 (3), 2012 (3), 2011 (3), 2010 (3), 2009 (3), 2008 (3)

Finalist 51

ObraAno
Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution de Tania Branigan2023
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution de Alison Bashford2023
The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets de Matthew Connelly2023
The Perfection of Nature: Animals, Breeding, and Race in the Renaissance de Mackenzie Cooley2023
Queens of a Fallen World: The Lost Women of Augustine's Confessions de Kate Cooper2023
Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India (South Asia in Motion) de Douglas Ober2023
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake de Tiya Miles2022
Cuba: An American History de Ada Ferrer2022
Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union de Vladislav M. Zubok2022
Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast de Marjoleine Kars2021
Survivors: Children's Lives After the Holocaust de Rebecca Clifford2021
The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World de Marie Favereau2021
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs de Camilla Townsend2020
Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War de Vincent Brown2020
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire de William Dalrymple2020
Maoism: A Global History de Julia Lovell2019
Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice de Mary Fulbrook2019
These Truths: A History of the United States de Jill Lepore2019
The dawn watch: Joseph Conrad in a global world de Maya Jasanoff2018
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder de Caroline Fraser2018
A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America de Sam White2018
The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars de Daniel Beer2017
Vietnam: a new history de Christopher E. Goscha2017
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century de Walter Scheidel2017
The work of the dead: a cultural history of mortal remains de Thomas W. Laqueur2016
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution de David Wootton2016
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science de Andrea Wulf2016
The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire de Susan Pedersen2015
Empire of Cotton: A Global History de Sven Beckert2015
Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer de Bettina Stangneth2015
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide de Gary J. Bass2014
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 de Richard Overy2014
Congo: The Epic History of a People de David Van Reybrouck2014
Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 de Anne Applebaum2013
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 de Christopher Clark2013
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam de Fredrik Logevall2013
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War de Stephen R. Platt2012
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined de Steven Pinker2012
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy de Andrew Preston2012
Padre Pio: Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age de Sergio Luzzatto2011
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World de Maya Jasanoff2011
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin de Timothy Snyder2011
Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years de Diarmaid MacCulloch2010
The Ottoman Age of Exploration de Giancarlo Casale2010
Betsy Ross and the Making of America de Marla R. Miller2010
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory de Lisa Jardine2009
Champlain's Dream de David Hackett Fischer2009
The Comanche Empire de Pekka Hämäläinen2009
All Can Be Saved: Religious Tolerance and Salvation in the Iberian Atlantic World de Stuart B. Schwartz2008
Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age de Harold J. Cook2008
Life and Death in the Third Reich de Peter Fritzsche2008

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