Columbia Announces 2009 Bancroft Prize Winners
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Source: *http://news.columbia.edu* <http://news.columbia.edu/home/1462>(3-19-09)

The authors of three acclaimed books—a study of the 1914 massacre of
striking coal miners in Colorado, an analysis of the impact of death and
dying in the Civil War, and a reinterpretation of the Comanches in the
southwestern borderland in the 18th and 19th centuries—will be awarded the
Bancroft Prize for 2009, Columbia University announced.

The winners are Thomas G. Andrews for Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest
Labor War (Cambridge: Harvard University Press); Drew Gilpin Faust for This
Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (New York: Alfred A.
Knopf); and Pekka Hämäläinen for The Comanche Empire (New Haven: Yale
University Press).

One of the most coveted honors in the field of history, the Bancroft is
awarded annually by the trustees of Columbia University to the authors of
books of exceptional merit in the fields of American history, biography and
diplomacy. The 2009 awards are for books published in 2008.

Columbia Provost Alan Brinkley will present the awards at a formal dinner
next month at the university’s Low Memorial Library, hosted by the
department of history and University Libraries. The Bancroft Prize, which
includes an award of $10,000 to each author, is administered by James Neal,
vice president for information services and University Librarian.

“Over 200 books were nominated for consideration by the Bancroft jury this
year,” said Neal. “Once again, we were very impressed by the number of
excellent submissions covering a broad range of themes, and are proud to
honor this year’s winners. The Bancroft prize is a celebration and
affirmation of historical scholarship, the library, the book, the academic
press, and the reportedly threatened scholarly monograph.”

Posted on History News Network, Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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Jon Kukla
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