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Alle, Geschichte (170)
Jahre:
Alle, 2023 (5), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (1), 2019 (4), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (5), 2005 (4), 2004 (5), 2003 (6), 2002 (5), 2001 (5), 2000 (5), 1999 (5), 1998 (5), 1997 (5), 1996 (5), 1995 (5), 1994 (5), 1993 (5), 1992 (5), 1991 (4), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1)
Angekündigt:
April 19: Gewinner2023 Zuletzt
Februar 21: Finalist2023 Zuletzt

Finalist 170

WerkJahr
Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century von Joya Chatterji2023
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History von Ned Blackhawk2023
Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World von Malcolm Harris2023
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class von Blair LM Kelley Ph. D.2023
Brooding over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance von Nikki M. Taylor2023
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners von Margaret A. Burnham2022
Picasso's War: How Modern Art Came to America von Hugh Eakin2022
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family von Kerri K. Greenidge2022
The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution von Andrew M. Wehrman2022
Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity von Donald Yacovone2022
Cuba: An American History von Ada Ferrer2021
Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance von Mia Bay2021
The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics von Mae Ngai2021
African Europeans: An Untold History von Olivette Otele2021
I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land (America in the Nineteenth Century) von Alaina E. Roberts2021
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All von Martha S. Jones2020
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South von Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers2019
Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century von Charles King2019
The Cigarette: A Political History von Sarah Milov2019
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present von David Treuer2019
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People von Julia Boyd2018
Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion von John Elliott2018
Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan von Ruby Lal2018
The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation von Miriam Pawel2018
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution von Priya Satia2018
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes von Dan Egan2017
London's Triumph: Merchants, Adventurers, and Money in Shakespeare's City von Stephen Alford2017
Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam von Mark Bowden2017
The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America von Frances FitzGerald2017
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America von Richard Rothstein2017
An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 von Benjamin Madley2016
Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region (Jewish Encounters Series) von Masha Gessen2016
Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 von Adam Hochschild2016
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America von Nancy Isenberg2016
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy von Heather Ann Thompson2016
Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel von Dan Ephron2015
SPQR : Die tausendjährige Geschichte Roms von Mary Beard2015
Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope von Jonathan M. Bryant2015
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story von David Maraniss2015
This Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of Lisbon, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason von Mark Molesky2015
Sintflut: Die Neuordnung der Welt 1916-1931 von Adam Tooze2014
The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London von Judith Flanders2014
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War von Mark Harris2014
BY Isaacson, Walter ( Author ) [ THE INNOVATORS: HOW A GROUP OF HACKERS, GENIUSES, AND GEEKS CREATED THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION ] Oct-2014 [ Compact Disc ] von Walter Isaacson2014
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp von Lawrence Wright2014
Die Schlafwandler: Wie Europa in den Ersten Weltkrieg zog von Christopher Clark2013
FDR and the Jews von Richard Breitman2013
The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend von Glenn Frankel2013
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism von Doris Kearns Goodwin2013
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 von Alan Taylor2013
America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union von Fergus M. Bordewich2012
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty von John M. Barry2012
Empire of Shadows: The Epic Story of Yellowstone von George Black2012
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico von Amy S. Greenberg2012
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party von Geoffrey Kabaservice2012
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America von Richard White2011
Anatomie eines Augenblicks: Die Nacht, in der Spaniens Demokratie gerettet wurde von Javier Cercas2011
1861: The Civil War Awakening von Adam Goodheart2011
Der Große Krieg: Der Untergang des Alten Europa im Ersten Weltkrieg von Adam Hochschild2011
Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History von Rachel Polonsky2011
The Killing of Crazy Horse von Thomas Powers2010
Washington: A Life von Ron Chernow2010
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq von John W. Dower2010
Roosevelt's Purge: How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic Party von Susan Dunn2010
Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization von Steven Solomon2010
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Americans and the California Dream) von Kevin Starr2009
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science von Richard Holmes2009
Passing Strange von Martha A. Sandweiss2009
Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940 von Amy Louise Wood2009
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 von Gordon S. Wood2009
Hitlers Imperium: Europa unter der Herrschaft des Nationalsozialismus von Mark Mazower2008
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War von Michael Dobbs2008
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library) von Drew Gilpin Faust2008
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North von Thomas J. Sugrue2008
Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath von Rick Wartzman2008
CIA: Die ganze Geschichte von Tim Weiner2007
The First Total War von David A. Bell2007
Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World von Margaret MacMillan2007
The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II von Andrew Nagorski2007
Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England von Lynne Olson2007
Der Tod wird euch finden: Al-Qaida und der Weg zum 11. September - von Lawrence Wright2006
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 von Taylor Branch2006
Krieg der Welt: Was ging schief im 20. Jahrhundert? von Niall Ferguson2006
Mayflower. Aufbruch in die Neue Welt von Nathaniel Philbrick2006
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai von John Tayman2006
Sprengt die Ketten: Der entscheidende Kampf um die Abschaffung der Sklaverei von Adam Hochschild2005
Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945 von Christopher Bayly2005
Die Geschichte Europas seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg von Tony Judt2005
The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln von Sean Wilentz2005
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism von Geoffrey R. Stone2004
Das Dritte Reich. Band 1: Der Aufstieg von Richard J. Evans2004
High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis von Max Frankel2004
Beasts of the Fields: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 von Richard Steven Street2004
Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier von Alfred F. Young2004
An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America von Henry Wiencek2003
Der Gulag von Anne Applebaum2003
Homosexuality and Civilization von Louis Crompton2003
Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight von Paul Hoffman2003
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 von David Maraniss2003
When the King Took Flight von Timothy Tackett2003
Six Days of War von Michael B. Oren2002
At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America von Philip Dray2002
The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade von Robert Harms2002
Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller von Gregg Herken2002
In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 von Mary Beth Norton2002
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus von Rick Perlstein2001
The Stranger from Paradise: A Biography of William Blake von G. E. Bentley, Jr.2001
France The Dark Years 1940-1944 von Julian Jackson2001
The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America von Louis Menand2001
Venice: Lion City: The Religion of Empire von Garry Wills2001
The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach von Alice Kaplan2000
Mildred Harnack und "Die Rote Kapelle" von Shareen Blair Brysac2000
Kosovo: War and Revenge von Tim Judah2000
The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States von Alexander Keyssar2000
Im Herzen der See von Nathaniel Philbrick2000
Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II von John W. Dower1999
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad von David Haward Bain1999
Der Erste Weltkrieg. Eine europäische Tragödie von John Keegan1999
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 von David M. Kennedy1999
Nach dem Holocaust von Peter Novick1999
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present von Roy Porter1998
Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America von Ira Berlin1998
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry von Philip D. Morgan1998
Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture von Kathy Peiss1998
The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life von Nancy Tomes1998
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 von Orlando Figes1997
Das Dritte Reich und die Juden : Band 1 : Die Jahre der Verfolgung : 1933–1939 von Saul Friedländer1997
Sun Dancing von Geoffrey Moorhouse1997
Ein Dorf in Rußland von Serge Schmemann1997
Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West von Peter N. Stearns1997
Schwarzes Meer von Neal Ascherson1996
Europe von Norman Davies1996
War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage von Lawrence H. Keeley1996
Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California von Kevin Starr1996
William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic von Alan Taylor1996
Fables Of Abundance: A Cultural History Of Advertising In America von Jackson Lears1995
Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South von John Egerton1995
Multiple Persönlichkeit. Zur Geschichte der Seele in der Moderne von Ian Hacking1995
Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956 von David Holloway1995
Marketing Modernism in Fin-de-Siecle Europe von Robert Jensen1995
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Makings of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940 von George Chauncey1994
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years : Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times von Elizabeth Wayland Barber1994
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe von John Boswell1994
Antisemitism in America von Leonard Dinnerstein1994
Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 von George J. Sanchez1994
New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery von Anthony Grafton1993
The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity von James C. Cobb1993
Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992 von Jane Hamilton-Merritt1993
Rising in the West: the true story of an "Okie" family in search of the American dream von Dan Morgan1993
The Immobile Empire von Alain Peyrefitte1993
Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families Under Fascism von Alexander Stille1992
The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics von Greg Mitchell1992
Frontiers : the epic of South Africa's creation and the tragedy of the Xhosa people von Noel Mostert1992
Owen Lattimore and the "Loss" of China von Robert P. Newman1992
Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People von Ramon Eduardo Ruiz1992
The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America von Nicholas Lemann1991
Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Crime: Films of Social Conscience in the Silent Era von Kevin Brownlow1991
Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768 von Philip A. Kuhn1991
Stalin in Power: The Revolution from Above, 1928-1941 von Robert C. Tucker1991
The Quest for El Cid von Richard Fletcher1990
Ein eigenes Reich: Wie jüdische Emigranten Hollywood erfanden von Neal Gabler1989
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 von Eric Foner1988
Ärzte im Dritten Reich von Robert Jay Lifton1987
The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within, Second Enlarged Edition von Geoffrey A. Hosking1986
Son of the Morning Star von Evan S. Connell1985
The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History von Robert Darnton1984
Sozialgeschichte des 15. - 18. Jahrhunderts - Band II: Der Handel von Fernand Braudel1983
Das Tor des himmlischen Friedens Die Chinesen und ihre Revolution 1895 - 1980 von Jonathan D. Spence1982
Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century von Ray Allen Billington1981
Walter Lippmann and the American Century von Ronald Steel1980

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The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. (English, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)
This year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honored outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. Each winner receives a $1,000 cash award. (English, Von Mitgliedern verfasst)

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