Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 66 (2013) Winner
W. Jeffrey Bolster
ダブリュー・ジェフリー・ボルスター
W. Jeffrey Bolster
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Durham, New Hampshire (affiliated with University of New Hampshire)
Career
- Occupations
- historian, author, university professor (emeritus)
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- University of New Hampshire (emeritus)
- Memberships
- American Historical Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College (Connecticut) | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Brown University | — | — | MA | — | United States |
| Johns Hopkins University | — | — | PhD | — | United States |
Trinity College (Connecticut)
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United States
Brown University
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
United States
Johns Hopkins University
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Bancroft Prize | The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail | 歴史（アメリカ大陸史） | Columbia University (Bancroft Prize) | winner |
| 2013 | Albert J. Beveridge Award | The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail | — | American Historical Association | winner |
| 1997 | Wesley-Logan Prize | Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail | — | American Historical Association (Wesley-Logan Prize) | winner |
| 2018 | Roger Revelle Lecture | — | — | — | invited lecture |
Bancroft Prize
2013
Work:
The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
Category:
歴史（アメリカ大陸史）
Organization:
Columbia University (Bancroft Prize)
Result:
winner
Albert J. Beveridge Award
2013
Work:
The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
Organization:
American Historical Association
Result:
winner
Wesley-Logan Prize
1997
Work:
Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
Organization:
American Historical Association (Wesley-Logan Prize)
Result:
winner
Roger Revelle Lecture
2018
Result:
invited lecture
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
2012 maritime/environmental historyA study of Atlantic fisheries and their transformation from the age of sail to the modern era, examining ecological and social dimensions of marine resource change, including depletion and human impacts on the ocean.
marine environmental historyresource use and depletionfishing historyhuman-environment interactions
Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
1997 social history / race / maritime historyExamines the experiences of African American seamen in the age of sail, illuminating the intersections of labor, race, mobility, and maritime culture.
race and labormaritime culturemobility and community
Bibliography
- The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
- Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly yet narrative historical proseanalytical approach grounded in careful use of primary sources
- Recurring Motifs
- the sea and shipslabor and technologychanges in resourcesrace and social structures
Legacy
Has made significant contributions to maritime and environmental history and is highly regarded in academia. The Mortal Sea brought attention to marine resource changes from an environmental-historical perspective and received multiple major awards.
Academic Societies
- American Historical Association
Trivia
- Won the 2013 Bancroft Prize and the 2013 Albert J. Beveridge Award for The Mortal Sea.
- Won the 1997 Wesley-Logan Prize for Black Jacks.
- Professor emeritus at the University of New Hampshire.
- Delivered the Roger Revelle Lecture in 2018.