PROSE Award2004

Given by Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP), AAP

Other Names: R. R. Hawkins Award, R.R. Hawkins Award
42 Works 3,039 Books 26 Reviews ½ 3.9
Every year, the PROSE Awards are awarded to the very best professional and scholarly titles published during the previous year (based on copyright date). In prior years, these awards were named show more for the copyright year of the titles they honor. Starting in 2015, we renamed the PROSE Awards to reflect the year in which they are awarded. Thus, the 2015 PROSE Awards honor titles published in 2014. This convention will continue in the future. show less
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R. R. Hawkins Award 1

WorkYear
Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood by Steven Mintz2004

Winner 25

WorkCategoryYear
Color in Three-Dimensional Design by Jeanne KopaczArchitecture & Urban Planning2004
Christopher Wilmarth: Light and Gravity by Steven Henry MadoffArts2004
The Heretic in Darwin's Court: The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace by Ross A. SlottenBiography & Autobiography2004
Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation by James R. SpotilaBiological Science2004
Strategic Investment: Real Options and Games by Han T. J. SmitBusiness, Management & Accounting2004
The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The Classical Building by William B. Dinsmoor Jr.Classics and Archeology2004
Inborn Errors of Development (Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics) by Charles J. EpsteinClinical Medicine2004
The Success of Open Source by Steven WeberComputer and Information Science2004
The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future by Laurence J. KotlikoffEconomics2004
Handbook of Industrial Mixing: Science and Practice by Edward L. PaulEngineering2004
Nature: An Economic History by Geerat J. VermeijGeology & Earth Science2004
Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population by Valerie M. HudsonGovernment & Political Science2004
Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation by Rhys IsaacHistory2004
Bicycle: The History by David V. HerlihyHistory of Science2004
Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law by Martha NussbaumLaw2004
Strong medicine : creating incentives for pharmaceutical research on neglected diseases by Michael KremerMedical Science2004
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Plus Index of Contributors (60 Volumes) by H. C. G. MatthewMultivolume Reference/Humanities2004
The Internet Encyclopedia by Hossein BidgoliMultivolume Reference/Sciences2004
The Reasons of Love by Harry G. FrankfurtPhilosophy2004
Uncorked: The Science of Champagne by Gerard Liger-BelairPhysics & Astronomy2004
Doctor Dolittle's Delusion: Animals and the Uniqueness of Human Language by Stephen R. AndersonPsychology2004
The Jewish Century by Yuri SlezkineReligion2004
The Encyclopedia of Chicago by James R. GrossmanSingle Volume Reference/Humanities2004
The Black Flies (Simuliidae) of North America (Comstock Books) by Peter H. AdlerSingle Volume Reference/Sciences2004
The Human Fossil Record, Brain Endocasts: The Paleoneurological Evidence, Volume 3 by Ralph L. HollowaySociology & Anthropology2004

Honorable Mention 16

WorkCategoryYear
Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950: Holy Wisdom Modern Monument by Robert S. NelsonArchitecture & Urban Planning2004
Cezanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors by Carol ArmstrongArts2004
Assembling the Tree of Life by Joel CracraftBiological Science2004
Applied Mergers and Acquisitions by Robert F. BrunerBusiness, Management & Accounting2004
Late Roman Spain and Its Cities by Michael KulikowskiClassics and Archeology2004
Physically Based Rendering : From Theory to Implementation by Matt PharrComputer and Information Science2004
Growing Public: Volume 1, The Story: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century by Peter H. LindertEconomics2004
Beyond the Stony Mountains: Nature in the American West from Lewis and Clark to Today by Daniel B. BotkinGeology & Earth Science2004
A New World Order by Anne-Marie SlaughterGovernment & Political Science2004
Conserving the Enlightenment: French Military Engineering from Vauban to the Revolution (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) by Janis LanginsHistory of Science2004
100 Americans Making Constitutional History: A Biographical History by Melvin I. UrofskyLaw2004
Vaccines: Preventing Disease and Protecting Health (PAHO Occasional Publication) by World Health OrganizationMedical Science2004
On Apology by Aaron LazarePsychology2004
American Judaism: A History by Jonathan D. SarnaReligion2004
Flowering Plants of the Neotropics by Nathan SmithSingle Volume Reference/Sciences2004
Appalachian Folkways by John B. RehderSociology & Anthropology2004

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Every year, the PROSE Awards are awarded to the very best professional and scholarly titles published during the previous year (based on copyright date). In prior years, these awards were named for the copyright year of the titles they honor. Starting in 2015, we renamed the PROSE Awards to reflect the year in which they are awarded. Thus, the 2015 PROSE Awards honor titles published in 2014. This convention will continue in the future. (English, Member-written)
One of the PROSE Awards, from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers.
Each year, publishers and authors are recognized at the PSP Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., for their commitment to pioneering works of research and for contributing to the conception, production, and design of landmark works in their fields. The R. R. Hawkins Award, presented to the most outstanding work among the publications selected, has been given to more than 30 works since its inception.
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