Robert G. Athearn Prize Winners

The Western History Association announces the Athearn Book Award given biennially for a published book on the twentieth-century American West. The awa ...more

Winners

	City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965 by Kelly Lytle Hernández 4.57 avg rating — 305 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Roads to Magdalena: Coming of Age in a Southwest Borderland, 1890-1990 by David Wallace Adams liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City Indian: Native American Activism in Chicago, 1893–1934 by Rosalyn R. LaPier really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters by Kate Brown 4.16 avg rating — 1,053 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow Tribe: The Making of Columbia River Indian Identity by Andrew Fisher 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940 by Margaret D. Jacobs 4.09 avg rating — 127 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From All Points: America's Immigrant West, 1870s-1952 by Elliott Robert Barkan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Robert G. Athearn Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democratizing the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment by Brian Masaru Hayashi 2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Public Lands and Political Meaning: Ranchers, the Government, and the Property between Them by Karen R. Merrill really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right by Lisa McGirr 3.77 avg rating — 694 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Suppression Of Salt Of The Earth: How Hollywood, Big Labor, And Politicians Blacklisted A Movie In Cold War America by James J. Lorence 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture by Neil Foley 3.82 avg rating — 107 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco by Judy Yung (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 114 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1945 by George J. Sanchez 3.84 avg rating — 337 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Postsuburban California: The Transformation of Orange County since World War II by Rob Kling (Editor) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925 by David M. Emmons 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Closing the Frontier: Radical Response in Oklahoma, 1889-1923 by John Thompson (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (1988)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion, July 16, 1945 by Ferenc Morton Szasz 3.84 avg rating — 99 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (1986)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Roots of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Alameda County, California, 1870-1910 by Lawrence M. Friedman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Robert G. Athearn Prize (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars