Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 107 (2023) Winner
Jefferson Cowie
ジェファーソン・カウイ
Jefāson Kaui
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Nashville, Tennessee → Ithaca, New York
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Author, Academic
- Active Years
- 1997-2024
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University, Cornell University, University of New Mexico
- Memberships
- Society of American Historians, Organization of American Historians
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | — | Department of History | B.A. | — | United States |
| University of Washington, Seattle | — | Department of History | M.A. | — | United States |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | — | Department of History | Ph.D. | — | United States |
University of California, Berkeley
Department of History
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1987
Country:
United States
University of Washington, Seattle
Department of History
Degree:
M.A.
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of History
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pulitzer Prize for History | Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power | History | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Francis Parkman Prize | Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class | アメリカ史最優秀書 | Society of American Historians | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Merle Curti Award | Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class | 社会・知的史最優秀書 | Organization of American Historians | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Philip Taft Prize | Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor | アメリカ労働史最優秀書 | — | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for History
2023
Work:
Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
Category:
History
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Francis Parkman Prize
2011
Work:
Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Category:
アメリカ史最優秀書
Organization:
Society of American Historians
Result:
受賞
Merle Curti Award
2011
Work:
Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
Category:
社会・知的史最優秀書
Organization:
Organization of American Historians
Result:
受賞
Philip Taft Prize
2000
Work:
Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor
Category:
アメリカ労働史最優秀書
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for History
1 appearances
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Edition 106 (2023) Winner
Works
Major Works
Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor
1999 Labor HistoryExamines economic upheaval, class conflict, and the effects of capital mobility on industrial relations through RCA's history.
ClassCapitalismLabor
Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
2010 Social HistoryExplores the fate of the American working class in the 1970s and its impact on politics and culture.
Working Class1970sPolitical History
The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
2016 Political HistoryAnalyzes the New Deal as an exception in American political history and its limits.
New DealInequalityDemocracy
Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
2022 American HistoryA saga of white resistance to federal power in Barbour County, Alabama.
RaceConservatismFederalism
Bibliography
- Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor
- Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class
- The Great Exception: The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
- Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Social history approachDetailed archival researchNarrative-driven
- Recurring Motifs
- Class inequalityLabor movementsAmerican conservatismRace relations
Legacy
Renowned expert in American labor, social, and political history, particularly for Pulitzer-winning Freedom's Dominion on white resistance to federal power.
Academic Societies
- Society of American Historians
- Organization of American Historians
Trivia
- Recognized in media as a Pulitzer Prize winner for history.