Congratulations to the following UNP authors who were WHA Award Winners!
Each year the WHA presents over 30 awards, fellowships, and scholarships to scholars, public historians, graduate students, and members of the historical profession. Winners will be honored at an award ceremony in Kansas City on October 25, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., as part of WHA’s annual conference.
The Robert M. Utley Prize
This prize is awarded annually for the best book published on the military history of the frontier and western North America (including Mexico and Canada) from prehistory through the twentieth century.
Taking the Field by Amy Kohout. In Taking the Field Amy Kohout draws on the experiences of U.S. soldiers in both the Indian Wars and the Philippine-American War to explore the interconnected ideas about nature and empire circulating at the time.
The Forgotten Diaspora by Travis Jeffres. In The Forgotten Diaspora Travis Jeffres explores how Native Mexicans involved in the conquest of the Greater Southwest pursued hidden agendas, deploying a covert agency that enabled them to reconstruct Indigenous communities and retain key components of their identities even as they were technically allied with and subordinate to Spaniards.
Caughey Western History Prize
Awarded annually for the most distinguished book on the history of the American West, broadly defined.
Continental Reckoning by Elliott West. The creation of the West and the emergence of modern America were intimately related. Neither can be understood without the other. With masterful prose and a critical eye, Elliott West presents a fresh approach to the dawn of the American West, one of the most pivotal periods of American history.
Hal K. Rothman Award
The Hal K. Rotham Award is given annually for the best book in western environmental history defined in its broadest sense.
Taking the Field by Amy Kohout.
Dwight L. Smith (ABC-CLIO) Award
Awarded annually to an author/editor and the publisher of a significant bibliography or research tool on any aspect of the history of the American West.
The Collected Writings of Sherman and Grace Coolidge by Sherman Coolidge and Grace Coolidge. Edited by Tadeusz Lewandowski. Offering unprecedented entrée into the most significant writings and documents of a leading Native American advocate and his wife, this volume is an intimate portrait of their life and contributes to our understanding of American Indian activism at a key moment of Indigenous resurgence against the settler state.
