AHA - The Albert J. Beveridge Award for History of the United States, Latin America, or Canada since 1492 (Book Prize)

Organization: American Historical Association

To promote and honor outstanding historical writing, the American Historical Association offers each year the Albert J. Beveridge Award in American History. The award is given for a distinguished book in English on the history of the United States, Latin America, or Canada, from 1492 to the present.Books that employ new methodological or conceptual tools or that constitute significant reexaminations of important interpretive problems will be given preference. Literary merit is also an important criterion.Biographies, monographs, and works of synthesis and interpretation are eligible; translations, anthologies, and collections of documents are not.Books published after May 1 of the previous year, and before April 30 of the current year, are eligible for the current year's award.