Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 56 (2003) Winner
James F. Brooks
ジェイムズ・エフ・ブルックス
Jeimuzu Efu Burukusu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955-02-05
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Professor, Author, Editor
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- University of Georgia, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, Berkeley, University of Maryland, School for Advanced Research
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Davis | — | History Department | Ph.D. | — | United States |
University of California, Davis
History Department
Degree:
Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Received Ph.D. Worked for about a decade in publishing and advertising in Colorado before his academic career.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bancroft Prize | Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Francis Parkman Prize | Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands | — | Society of American Historians | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Frederick Jackson Turner Award | Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands | — | Organization of American Historians | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Frederick Douglass Prize (second prize) | Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands | — | Gilder Lehrman Center (Yale) | Second prize |
| 2003 | Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize | Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands | — | American Society for Ethnohistory | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Caughey Western History Prize | Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre | — | Western Historical Association | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize (2016) | Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre | — | American Society for Ethnohistory | 受賞 |
Bancroft Prize
2003
Work:
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Francis Parkman Prize
2003
Work:
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
Organization:
Society of American Historians
Result:
受賞
Frederick Jackson Turner Award
2003
Work:
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
Organization:
Organization of American Historians
Result:
受賞
Frederick Douglass Prize (second prize)
2003
Work:
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
Organization:
Gilder Lehrman Center (Yale)
Result:
Second prize
Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize
2003
Work:
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
Organization:
American Society for Ethnohistory
Result:
受賞
Caughey Western History Prize
2016
Work:
Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre
Organization:
Western Historical Association
Result:
受賞
Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize (2016)
2016
Work:
Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre
Organization:
American Society for Ethnohistory
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
2001 Non-fiction / HistoryA study of slavery, captivity, and kinship in the American Southwest borderlands, examining intercultural violence and accommodation. Focuses on the traffic in women and children and the social relations that structured communities.
SlaveryCaptivityKinshipBorderlandsIntercultural Contact
Confounding the Color Line: The (American) Indian - Black Experience in North America (editor)
2002 Non-fiction / Edited volumeAn edited volume collecting essays on the experiences and interactions between American Indian and Black communities in North America, offering multiple perspectives on race and boundary-making.
RaceBoundariesIndigenous historyAfrican American history
Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre
2016 Non-fiction / HistoryA detailed historical account of the Awat'ovi massacre, reconstructing community memories, conflict, and processes of reconciliation, examining intersections of western history and ethnohistory.
MassacreMemoryIndigenous communitiesConflict and reconciliation
Bibliography
- Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
- Confounding the Color Line: The (American) Indian - Black Experience in North America (editor)
- Mesa of Sorrows: A History of the Awat'ovi Massacre
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Interdisciplinary approachNarrative-focused microhistorical methodEthnohistorical perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- Slavery and captivity relationsKinship networksBorders and mobilityCultural negotiation
Legacy
Introduced important perspectives to American and ethnohistory through work on the Southwest borderlands and indigenous-colonial interactions. Recipient of multiple major history awards and highly regarded in both academic and public history circles.
Academic Societies
- American Society for Ethnohistory
- Organization of American Historians
- Society of American Historians
Quotes
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"Until James F. Brooks, virtually all historians of American slavery have ignored the Spanish Southwest — the region acquired by the U.S. in 1848, as a result of the Mexican War. Brooks portrays and analyzes forms of slavery and captivity among the Indians and Spanish that differed markedly from the Anglo-American bondage to the east."
Source: David Brion Davis (comment on Frederick Douglass Prize) (2003)
Trivia
- Worked for about a decade in publishing and advertising in Colorado.
- Served as a Resident Scholar at the School for Advanced Research, later joined SAR Press as editor, and became President and CEO of the School in 2005.
- Has served as a senior contributing editor of The Public Historian.