PROSE Award2005

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

Other Names: R. R. Hawkins Award, R.R. Hawkins Award
51 Works 4,377 Books 35 Reviews ½ 3.8
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 2

WorkYear
Atlas of Clinical Gross Anatomy by Kenneth Moses2005
The Oxford History of Western Music by Richard Taruskin2005

Winner 32

WorkCategoryYear
First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies by Peter BellwoodArcheology & Anthropology2005
Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures by Andrea DeplazesArchitecture & Urban Planning2005
Antiquity & Photography : Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites by Claire L. LyonsArts & Art History2005
William Empson, Volume I: Among the Mandarins by John HaffendenBiography & Autobiography2005
The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma by Marc W. KirschnerBiological Science2005
The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, 1884-1929 by Elspeth H. BrownBusiness, Management & Accounting2005
Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis by László KürtiChemistry2005
The World of Roman Song: From Ritualized Speech to Social Order by Thomas HabinekClassics & Ancient History2005
Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: What We Know and What We Don't Know: A Research Agenda for Improving the Mental Health of Our Youth by Dwight L. EvansClinical Medicine2005
The Secret History of Domesticity: Public, Private, and the Division of Knowledge by Michael McKeonCommunication & Cultural Studies2005
Databasing the Brain: From Data to Knowledge (Neuroinformatics) by Steven H. KoslowComputer and Information Science2005
Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbook by Genichi TaguchiEngineering2005
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade by Pietra RivoliFinance & Economics2005
Rivers of North America by Arthur C. BenkeGeology and Geography2005
Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health by Olle SelinusGeology and Geography2005
The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson by William E. LeuchtenburgGovernment & Political Science2005
Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan by Tsuyoshi HasegawaHistory and American Studies2005
Bursting the Limits of Time: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Revolution by Martin J. S. RudwickHistory of Science2005
The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib by Karen J. GreenbergLaw2005
Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde: War, Civilization, Modernity by Christine FroulaLiterature, Language & Linguistics2005
Domain Decomposition Methods: Algorithms and Theory by Andrea ToselliMathematics & Statistics2005
Brain Arousal and Information Theory: Neural and Genetic Mechanisms by Donald PfaffMedical Science2005
The Taoist canon : a historical companion to the Daozang = [Dao zang tong kao] by Kristofer SchipperMultivolume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences2005
Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering , 6-Volume Set by Kai ChangMultivolume Reference/Science2005
Environmental Health: From Global to Local (Public Health/Environmental Health) by Howard FrumkinNursing & Allied Health2005
The Ethics of Identity by Kwame Anthony AppiahPhilosophy2005
Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness by Daniel C. DennettPsychology2005
Encyclopedia of Christianity by John BowdenSingle Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences2005
An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica by Jing-Nuan WuSingle Volume Reference/Science2005
The Career Mystique: Cracks in the American Dream by Phyllis MoenSociology & Social Work2005
God's Mountain: The Temple Mount in Time, Place, and Memory by Yaron Z. EliavTheology & Religious Studies2005
The Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism by Tomoko MasuzawaTheology & Religious Studies2005

Honorable Mention 17

WorkCategoryYear
The Pan Am Building and the Shattering of the Modernist Dream by Meredith L. ClausenArchitecture & Urban Planning2005
Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Projects by Robert HobbsArts & Art History2005
Mencken: The American Iconoclast by Marion Elizabeth RodgersBiography & Autobiography2005
Evolution of the Insects by David GrimaldiBiological Science2005
Drug Discovery Handbook (Pharmaceutical Development Series) by Shayne Cox GadChemistry2005
neurotrauma by alex b valadkaClinical Medicine2005
Semiconductor Manufacturing Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) by Hwaiyu GengEngineering2005
Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight over Taxing Inherited Wealth by Michael J. GraetzGovernment & Political Science2005
Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas by David Hackett FischerHistory and American Studies2005
Exploring Ancient Skies: An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy by David H. KelleyHistory of Science2005
Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands by Lindsay G. RobertsonLaw2005
The War Complex: World War II in Our Time by Marianna TorgovnickLiterature, Language & Linguistics2005
Spectra and Pseudospectra: The Behavior of Nonnormal Matrices and Operators by Lloyd N. TrefethenMathematics & Statistics2005
Water Encyclopedia, Five-Volume Set by Jay H. LehrMultivolume Reference/Science2005
Palliative Practices: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Kim K. KueblerNursing & Allied Health2005
Truth: A Guide by Simon BlackburnPhilosophy2005
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series) by M. SchwartzSingle Volume Reference/Science2005

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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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