Beveridge Family Prize in American History

The Beveridge Family Prize in American History is an annual award given by the American Historical Association to honor outstanding historical writing. The prize is awarded for a distinguished book in English on the history of the United States, Latin America, or Canada, from 1492 to the present. Established in 1939 on a biennial basis and awarded annually since 1945, the prize honors US Senator Albert J. Beveridge and was created through a gift from Mrs. Catherine Beveridge in 1927. Books that employ new methodological or conceptual tools or that constitute significant reexaminations of important interpretive problems are given preference. Literary merit is also an important criterion for selection. Only biographies, monographs, and works of synthesis and interpretation are eligible; translations, anthologies, and collections of documents are not considered. The award recognizes excellence in historical scholarship and writing about the Americas.