IEHS - First Book Award

Organization: Immigration and Ethnic History Society

The Immigration and Ethnic History Society announces a new prize to recognize the work of early career scholars in the field of U.S. immigration and ethnic history. The 2016 "First Book Award" award will be presented to the book judged best on any aspect of the immigration and ethnic history of the United States and/or North America. To be eligible for the award, a book must be copyrighted 2015, must be based on substantial primary research, must present a major new scholarly interpretation, and must be an author's first academic monograph.