Abel Wolman Award Winners

Established by the Public Works Historical Society, the Abel Wolman Award recognizes the single best new book published in the field of public works h ...more

Winners

	Empire of Water: An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply by David Soll 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Crabgrass Crucible: Suburban Nature and the Rise of Environmentalism in Twentieth-Century America by Christopher Sellers (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings Abel Wolman Award (2013)	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
	Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston by Michael Rawson 3.62 avg rating — 143 ratings Abel Wolman Award (2011)	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
	Paying the Toll: Local Power, Regional Politics, and the Golden Gate Bridge by Louise Nelson Dyble 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Paving the Way: New York Road Building and the American State, 1880-1956 by Michael R. Fein really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Abel Wolman Award (2009)	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
	Building Louisiana: The Legacy of the Public Works Administration by Robert D. Leighninger Jr. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Building New Deal Liberalism: The Political Economy of Public Works, 1933–1956 by Jason Scott Smith 3.23 avg rating — 22 ratings Abel Wolman Award (2007)	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
	Shock Cities: The Environmental Transformation and Reform of Manchester and Chicago by H.L. Platt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Hazardous Metropolis: Flooding and Urban Ecology in Los Angeles by Jared Orsi 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings Abel Wolman Award (2005)	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
	Building Gotham: Civic Culture and Public Policy in New York City, 1898–1938 by Keith D. Revell 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Water and American Government: The Reclamation Bureau, National Water Policy, and the West, 1902-1935 by Donald J. Pisani 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings Abel Wolman Award (2003)	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
	Empire on the Hudson: Entrepreneurial Vision and Political Power at the Port of New York Authority by Jameson W. Doig 3.44 avg rating — 39 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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 Sanitary City: Environmental Services in Urban America from Colonial Times to the Present by Martin V. Melosi 3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings Abel Wolman Award (2001)	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
	Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash by Susan Strasser 3.83 avg rating — 413 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Bay Cities and Water Politics: The Battle for Resources in Boston and Oakland by Sarah S. Elkind really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Abel Wolman Award (1999)	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
	Water!: Evolution of water supply and sanitation in Finland from the mid-1800s to 2000 by Tapio Katko 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by Todd Shallat 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings Abel Wolman Award (1995)	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
	Mixing the Waters: Envrionment, Politics, and the Building of the Tennessee -Tombigee Waterway by Jeffrey K. Stine liked it 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	The Park and the People: A History of Central Park by Roy Rosenzweig 3.97 avg rating — 101 ratings Abel Wolman Award (1993)	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 Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930 by Harold L. Platt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940 by David E. Nye 3.95 avg rating — 86 ratings Abel Wolman Award (1991)	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
	Constructing Urban Culture: American Cities and City Planning, 1800-1920 (Technology and Urban Growth) by Stanley K. Schultz 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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
	Technology and the Rise of the Networked City in Europe and America (Technology and Urban Growth Series) (English and French Edition) by Joel A. Tarr (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Abel Wolman Award (1989)	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
	Building the American Highway System: Engineers As Policy Makers (Technology and Urban Growth) by Bruce Edsall Seely 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Abel Wolman Award (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 Limits of Power: Great Fires and the Process of City Growth in America by Christine Meisner Rosen 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Abel Wolman Award (1987)	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