Vincent P. DeSantis Book Prize

The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era offers the Vincent DeSantis Book Prize, a biennial award recognizing the best first book published on United States history in the period 1865-1920. The prize is given in honor of Vincent P. DeSantis, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, a distinguished historian of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The award is presented in odd-numbered years and evaluates books written in English and published in the previous two years. Winners are honored at the annual SHGAPE luncheon and receive a certificate and an honorarium. This prize celebrates scholarly excellence and supports emerging historians who contribute new perspectives on this critical period in American history.