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For a distinguished book of the year upon the history of the United States, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861, by David M. Potter (Harper)

(A posthumous publication; manuscript finished by Don E. Fehrenbacker.)

The Jury

Leonard W. Levy(Chair)*

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities, Claremont University Center

Michael Kammen

Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture, Cornell University

Kathryn Kish Sklar

Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles

Winners in History

1977 Prize Winners