Cundill History PrizeRecognition of Excellence

Given by Peter Cundill Foundation

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The Cundill History Prize recognizes and rewards the best history writing in mostrar más 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, 2019 (2), 2018 (2), 2017 (2), 2016 (2), 2015 (2), 2014 (2), 2013 (2), 2012 (2), 2011 (2), 2010 (2), 2009 (2), 2008 (2)

Finalist 24

ObraAño
Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice por Mary Fulbrook2019
These Truths: A History of the United States por Jill Lepore2019
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder por Caroline Fraser2018
A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America por Sam White2018
Vietnam: a new history por Christopher E. Goscha2017
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century por Walter Scheidel2017
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution por David Wootton2016
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science por Andrea Wulf2016
Empire of Cotton: A Global History por Sven Beckert2015
Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer por Bettina Stangneth2015
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 por Richard Overy2014
Congo: The Epic History of a People por David Van Reybrouck2014
Sonámbulos: Cómo Europa fue a la guerra en 1914 (Historia) (Spanish Edition) por Christopher Clark2013
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam por Fredrik Logevall2013
Los Ángeles que llevamos dentro : el declive de la violencia y sus implicaciones por Steven Pinker2012
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy por Andrew Preston2012
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World por Maya Jasanoff2011
Tierras de sangre por Timothy Snyder2011
The Ottoman Age of Exploration por Giancarlo Casale2010
Betsy Ross and the Making of America por Marla R. Miller2010
Champlain's Dream por David Hackett Fischer2009
El imperio comanche por Pekka Hämäläinen2009
Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age por Harold J. Cook2008
Life and Death in the Third Reich por Peter Fritzsche2008

Shortlist 24

ObraAño
Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice por Mary Fulbrook2019
These Truths: A History of the United States por Jill Lepore2019
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder por Caroline Fraser2018
A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America por Sam White2018
Vietnam: a new history por Christopher E. Goscha2017
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century por Walter Scheidel2017
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution por David Wootton2016
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science por Andrea Wulf2016
Empire of Cotton: A Global History por Sven Beckert2015
Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer por Bettina Stangneth2015
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 por Richard Overy2014
Congo: The Epic History of a People por David Van Reybrouck2014
Sonámbulos: Cómo Europa fue a la guerra en 1914 (Historia) (Spanish Edition) por Christopher Clark2013
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam por Fredrik Logevall2013
Los Ángeles que llevamos dentro : el declive de la violencia y sus implicaciones por Steven Pinker2012
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy por Andrew Preston2012
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World por Maya Jasanoff2011
Tierras de sangre por Timothy Snyder2011
The Ottoman Age of Exploration por Giancarlo Casale2010
Betsy Ross and the Making of America por Marla R. Miller2010
Champlain's Dream por David Hackett Fischer2009
El imperio comanche por Pekka Hämäläinen2009
Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age por Harold J. Cook2008
Life and Death in the Third Reich por Peter Fritzsche2008

Longlist 24

ObraAño
Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice por Mary Fulbrook2019
These Truths: A History of the United States por Jill Lepore2019
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder por Caroline Fraser2018
A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America por Sam White2018
Vietnam: a new history por Christopher E. Goscha2017
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century por Walter Scheidel2017
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution por David Wootton2016
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science por Andrea Wulf2016
Empire of Cotton: A Global History por Sven Beckert2015
Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer por Bettina Stangneth2015
The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945 por Richard Overy2014
Congo: The Epic History of a People por David Van Reybrouck2014
Sonámbulos: Cómo Europa fue a la guerra en 1914 (Historia) (Spanish Edition) por Christopher Clark2013
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam por Fredrik Logevall2013
Los Ángeles que llevamos dentro : el declive de la violencia y sus implicaciones por Steven Pinker2012
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy por Andrew Preston2012
Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World por Maya Jasanoff2011
Tierras de sangre por Timothy Snyder2011
The Ottoman Age of Exploration por Giancarlo Casale2010
Betsy Ross and the Making of America por Marla R. Miller2010
Champlain's Dream por David Hackett Fischer2009
El imperio comanche por Pekka Hämäläinen2009
Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age por Harold J. Cook2008
Life and Death in the Third Reich por Peter Fritzsche2008

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