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

People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization , by Michael Kammen (Knopf )

The Jury

Harold C. Syrett(Chair)

Professor of History and Executive Officer, Ph.D. Program, CUNY Graduate Center

Harold M. Hyman

William P. Hobby Professor of History, Rice University

Leonard W. Levy*

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and Chairman, Graduate Faculty of History, Claremont University Center

Winners in History

1973 Prize Winners