PROSE Award2009

Given by Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP), AAP

Other Names: R. R. Hawkins Award, R.R. Hawkins Award
71 Works / 72 Items 6,441 Books 82 Reviews ½ 3.9
Every year, the PROSE Awards are awarded to the very best professional and scholarly titles published during the previous year (based on copyright date). In prior years, these awards were named show more for the copyright year of the titles they honor. Starting in 2015, we renamed the PROSE Awards to reflect the year in which they are awarded. Thus, the 2015 PROSE Awards honor titles published in 2014. This convention will continue in the future. show less
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All, Accounting Practice (3), Anthropology (3), Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology (2), Applied Social Work, Nursing & Allied Health (2), Archaeology & Ancient History (5), Archeology & Anthropology (21), Architecture & Urban Planning (51), Architecture & Urban Studies (8), Art & Art History (10), Art Exhibitions (20), Art History & Criticism (29), Art Technique (2), Arts (14), Arts & Art History (3), Arts, Language & Literature (1), Arts, Literature & Language (5), Best New Journal in Science, Technology & Medicine (1), Best New Undergraduate Textbook (2), Bio & Medical Sciences (1), Biography (2), Biography & Autobiography (44), Biological & Life Sciences (7), Biological Anthropology, Ancient History & Archaeology (5), Biological Anthropology, Archaeology & Ancient History (1), Biological Science (32), Biological Sciences (27), Biomedicine (4), Biomedicine & Neuroscience (29), Business & Management (12), Business, Finance & Management (30), Business, Management & Accounting (13), Business, Management and Finance (1), Chemistry (12), Chemistry & Physics (18), Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, & Cosmology (1), Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics & Astronomy (2), Classics (11), Classics & Ancient History (23), Classics and Archeology (2), Clinical Medicine (46), Clinical Medicine & Allied Health (1), Clinical Medicine Practice (1), Clinical Psychology (2), Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry (3), Communication & Cultural Studies (3), Computer Science (15), Computer Science and Data Processing (1), Computer and Information Science (5), Computer and Information Sciences (2), Computing & Information Science (3), Computing & Information Sciences (17), Cosmology & Astronomy (19), Cultural Anthropology & Sociology (6), Earth Science (10), Earth Sciences (17), Economics (58), Education (18), Education Practice (11), Education Practice & Theory (4), Education Theory (10), Engineering (10), Engineering & Technology (24), Engineering Handbooks (8), Environmental Science (16), European & World History (26), European History (4), Excellence in Biological & Life Sciences (8), Excellence in Book Design & Production (6), Excellence in D & P - 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Announced:
March 27: Winner2024 Recent

R. R. Hawkins Award 1

Winner 31

WorkCategoryYear
Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism by Cathy GereArcheology & Anthropology2009
Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs by Ellen Dunham-JonesArchitecture & Urban Planning2009
The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame: Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity by Michael CamilleArt & Art History2009
Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild by Michael ForsbergBiological & Life Sciences2009
What We Know about Emotional Intelligence: How It Affects Learning, Work, Relationships, and Our Mental Health by Moshe ZeidnerBiomedicine & Neuroscience2009
Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed--and What to Do About It by Josh LernerBusiness, Finance & Management2009
Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies: From Bench to Clinic by Zhiqiang AnChemistry & Physics2009
The Deaths of Seneca by James KerClassics & Ancient History2009
Dermatology for Skin of Color by A. Paul KellyClinical Medicine2009
Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques by Daphne KollerComputing & Information Sciences2009
High-Energy Astrophysics by Fulvio MeliaCosmology & Astronomy2009
Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World by Lance GrandeEarth Sciences2009
Neuroeconomics: Decision Making and the Brain by Paul W. GlimcherEconomics2009
Higher Learning, Greater Good: The Private and Social Benefits of Higher Education by Walter W. McMahonEducation2009
The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David KilcullenGovernment & Politics2009
A Constitution of Many Minds: Why the Founding Document Doesn't Mean What It Meant Before by Cass R. SunsteinLaw & Legal Studies2009
The Fourth Ghost: White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930-1950 (Southern Literary Studies) by Robert H. Brinkmeyer, Jr.Literature, Language & Linguistics2009
Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications by Robert NisbetMathematics2009
Edna Ferber's Hollywood: American Fictions of Gender, Race, and History by J. E. SmythMedia & Cultural Studies2009
A Dictionary of Irish Biography by Henry BoylanMultivolume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences2009
Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, 4 Volume Set by Tadhg P. BegleyMultivolume Reference/Science2009
Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music by Amiri BarakaMusic & the Performing Arts2009
Pocket atlas of Chinese medicine by Marnae ErgilNursing & Allied Health2009
Plato's Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues by Catherine H. ZuckertPhilosophy2009
Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community by Kenneth J. GergenPsychology2009
A Companion to Late Antiquity by Philip RousseauSingle Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences2009
The Penn Center guide to bioethics by Vardit RavitskySingle Volume Reference/Science2009
Codes of the Underworld: How Criminals Communicate by Diego GambettaSociology & Social Work2009
Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches by Robert WuthnowTheology & Religious Studies2009
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon S. WoodU.S. History & Biography/Autobiography2009
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present by Christopher I. BeckwithWorld History & Biography/Autobiography2009

Honorable Mention 40

WorkCategoryYear
Dangerous Citizens: The Greek Left and the Terror of the State by Neni PanourgiáArcheology & Anthropology2009
The California missions : history, art, and preservation by Edna KimbroArchitecture & Urban Planning2009
Defining Urban Design: CIAM Architects and the Formation of a Discipline, 1937-69 by Eric MumfordArchitecture & Urban Planning2009
Delirious New Orleans: Manifesto for an Extraordinary American City (Roger Fullington Series in Architecture) by Stephen VerderberArchitecture & Urban Planning2009
Bauhaus 1919-1933 by Barry BergdollArt & Art History2009
Sculpture and Enlightenment by Erika NaginskiArt & Art History2009
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures by Walt StanchfieldArt & Art History2009
The Rise of Amphibians: 365 Million Years of Evolution by Robert CarrollBiological & Life Sciences2009
Inland Fishes of the Greater Southwest: Chronicle of a Vanishing Biota by W. L. MinckleyBiological & Life Sciences2009
Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System by New York University Stern School of BusinessBusiness, Finance & Management2009
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire by Edward N. LuttwakClassics & Ancient History2009
Glaucoma Volume 1: Medical Diagnosis and Therapy: Expert Consult - Online and Print by Tarek M. Shaarawy MD MScClinical Medicine2009
Adult Chest Surgery by David SugarbakerClinical Medicine2009
Software & Systems Requirements Engineering: In Practice by Brian BerenbachComputing & Information Sciences2009
The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability by Robert WebbEarth Sciences2009
The Economy of Renaissance Florence by Richard A. GoldthwaiteEconomics2009
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Carmen M. ReinhartEconomics2009
Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America's Public Universities by William G. BowenEducation2009
The SAGE Handbook of African American Education by Linda C. TillmanEducation2009
Artificial Tactile Sensing in Biomedical Engineering (McGraw-Hill Biophotonics) by Siamak NajarianEngineering & Technology2009
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia by James C. ScottGovernment & Politics2009
Petrarch: A Critical Guide to the Complete Works by Victoria KirkhamLiterature, Language & Linguistics2009
Sampling Statistics (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology) by Wayne A. FullerMathematics2009
Bayesian Modeling Using WinBUGS (Wiley Series in Computational Statistics) by Ioannis NtzoufrasMathematics2009
Critical Play: Radical Game Design by Mary FlanaganMedia & Cultural Studies2009
Flesh of My Flesh by Kaja SilvermanMedia & Cultural Studies2009
The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to the Present by Immanuel NessMultivolume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences2009
Encyclopedia of the First Amendment by John R. VileMultivolume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences2009
Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Music, Acoustics by Deborah HowardMusic & the Performing Arts2009
AACN Advanced Critical Care Nursing (AACN'S CLINICAL REFERENCE FOR CLINICAL CARE NURSING (MOSBY)) by AACNNursing & Allied Health2009
The Muscle and Bone Palpation Manual with Trigger Points, Referral Patterns and Stretching by Joseph E. Muscolino DCNursing & Allied Health2009
Hard Truths by Elijah MillgramPhilosophy2009
Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity by G. A. BradshawPsychology2009
Encyclopedia of Islands (Encyclopedias of the Natural World) by Rosemary G. GillespieSingle Volume Reference/Science2009
Black Men Can't Shoot by Scott N. BrooksSociology & Social Work2009
Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement by Marshall GanzSociology & Social Work2009
Sinister Yogis by David Gordon WhiteTheology & Religious Studies2009
Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington by Robert J. NorrellU.S. History & Biography/Autobiography2009
Chicago: A Biography by Dominic A. PacygaU.S. History & Biography/Autobiography2009
China's Last Empire : The Great Qing by William T. RoweWorld History & Biography/Autobiography2009

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Every year, the PROSE Awards are awarded to the very best professional and scholarly titles published during the previous year (based on copyright date). In prior years, these awards were named for the copyright year of the titles they honor. Starting in 2015, we renamed the PROSE Awards to reflect the year in which they are awarded. Thus, the 2015 PROSE Awards honor titles published in 2014. This convention will continue in the future. (English, Member-written)
One of the PROSE Awards, from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) division of the Association of American Publishers.
Each year, publishers and authors are recognized at the PSP Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., for their commitment to pioneering works of research and for contributing to the conception, production, and design of landmark works in their fields. The R. R. Hawkins Award, presented to the most outstanding work among the publications selected, has been given to more than 30 works since its inception.
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