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'''The Professor Robert W. Hamilton Book Author Award''' is presented annually to the best book-length publication by a staff or faculty member of the University of Texas at Austin. It is chosen by a committee of various disciplines, who in turn were chosen by the Vice President for Research at the University of Texas at Austin. |
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All nominated books are honored at a ceremony, in addition to the prizewinners. $10,000 is awarded to the first prize winner, with four additional $3,000 prizes. |
All nominated books are honored at a ceremony, in addition to the prizewinners. $10,000 is awarded to the first prize winner, with four additional $3,000 prizes. |
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==Past Winners== |
==Past Winners== |
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An incomplete list of past winners. |
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*2007: '''Evan Carton''', Department of English, College of Liberal Arts, ''Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America''<ref>{{cite book | last = Carton | first = Evan | title = Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America | place = New York | publisher = [[Free_Press_(publisher)|Free Press]] | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-743-27136-3 }}</ref> |
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*1997: Robert H. Kane, ''The Significance of Free Will'' |
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*1998: Neil F. Foley, ''The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture'' |
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*2006: '''Dr. L. Michael White''', Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts, ''From Jesus to Christianity: How Four Generations of Visionaries & Storytellers Created the New Testament and Christian Faith''<ref>{{cite book | last = White | first = L. Micheal | title = From Jesus to Christianity: How Four Generations of Visionaries & Storytellers Created the New Testament and Christian Faith | place = San Francisco | publisher = [[Harper_Collins|Harper Collins]] | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-0-060-52655-9 }}</ref> |
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*2005: '''[[Eric_Pianka|Eric R. Pianka]]''', Denton A. Cooley Centennial Professor in Zoology, Section of Integrative Biology, ''Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity''<ref>{{cite book | last = Pianka | first = Eric R. | authorlink = Eric_Pianka | last2 = Vitt | first2 = Laurie J. | title = Lizards | place = Berkely | publisher = [[University_of_California_Press|University of California Press]] | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-0-52-023401-7 }}</ref> |
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*2004: '''Jeffrey Chipps Smith''', Kay Forston Chair in European Art, Department of Art and Art History, ''Sensuous Worship: Jesuits and the Art of the Early Catholic Reformation in Germany''<ref>{{cite book | last = Chipps Smith | first = Jeffrey | title = Sensuous Worship: Jesuits and the Art of the Early Catholic Reformation in Germany | place = Princeton | publisher = [[Princeton_University_Press|Princeton University Press]] | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-0-69-109072-6 }}</ref> |
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*2003: '''[[Philip_Bobbitt|Philip Bobbitt]]''', A. W. Walker Centennial Chair, School of Law, ''The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History''<ref>{{cite book | last = Bobbitt | first = Philip | authorlink = Philip_Bobbitt | title = The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History | publisher = [[Alfred_A._Knopf|Alfred Knopf]] | location = New York | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-38-572138-2 }}</ref> |
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*2002: '''Mounira M. Charrad''' , Professor of Sociology, ''States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco''<ref>{{cite book | last = Charrad | first = Mounira M. | title = States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco |place = Berkeley | publisher = [[University_of_California_Press|University of California Press]] | year = 2001 | url = http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft05800335/ | isbn = 978-0-52-007323-4 }}</ref> |
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*2001: '''Lucas Scot Powe, Jr.''', Professor of Law, ''The Warren Court and American Politics''<ref>{{cite book | last = Powe | first = Lucas A. | title = The Warren Court and American Politics | place = Cambridge | publisher = [[Harvard_University_Press|Harvard University Press]] | year = 2000 | isbn = 0-67-400095-1 }}</ref> |
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*2000: '''A. P. Martinich''', Professor of Philosophy, ''Hobbes: A Biography''<ref>{{cite book | last = Martinich | first = Aloysius | title = Hobbes | place = Cambridge | publisher = [[Cambridge_University_Press|Cambridge University Press]] | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-0-52-149583-7 }}</ref> |
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*1999: '''Linda Dalrymple Henderson''', Professor of Art & Art History, ''Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works''<ref>{{cite book | last = Henderson | first = Linda Dalrymple | title = Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works | place = Princeton | publisher = [[Princeton_University_Press|Princeton University Press]] | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-69-105551-3 }}</ref> |
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*1998: '''Neil F. Foley''', Associate Professor of History, ''The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture''<ref>{{cite book | last = Foley | first = Neil | title = The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture | place = Berkeley | publisher = [[University_of_California_Press|University of California Press]] | year = 1997 | isbn = 978-0-52-020724-0 }}</ref> |
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*1997: '''Robert H. Kane''', Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy, ''The Significance of Free Will''<ref>{{cite book | last = Kane | first = Robert H. | authorlink = Robert_Kane_(philosopher) | title = The Significance of Free Will | place = New York | publisher = [[Oxford_University_Press|Oxford University Press]] | year = 1999 | url = http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/philosophy/9780195126563/toc.html | doi = 10.1093/0195126564.001.0001 | isbn = 978-0-19-512656-3 }}</ref> |
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==Sources== |
==Sources== |
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http://www.utexas.edu/research/hamiltonaward/ |
http://www.utexas.edu/research/hamiltonaward/ |
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==Bibliography== |
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Revision as of 02:24, 31 March 2008
The Professor Robert W. Hamilton Book Author Award is presented annually to the best book-length publication by a staff or faculty member of the University of Texas at Austin. It is chosen by a committee of various disciplines, who in turn were chosen by the Vice President for Research at the University of Texas at Austin. All nominated books are honored at a ceremony, in addition to the prizewinners. $10,000 is awarded to the first prize winner, with four additional $3,000 prizes.
Past Winners
- 2007: Evan Carton, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts, Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America[1]
- 2006: Dr. L. Michael White, Department of Classics, College of Liberal Arts, From Jesus to Christianity: How Four Generations of Visionaries & Storytellers Created the New Testament and Christian Faith[2]
- 2005: Eric R. Pianka, Denton A. Cooley Centennial Professor in Zoology, Section of Integrative Biology, Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity[3]
- 2004: Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Kay Forston Chair in European Art, Department of Art and Art History, Sensuous Worship: Jesuits and the Art of the Early Catholic Reformation in Germany[4]
- 2003: Philip Bobbitt, A. W. Walker Centennial Chair, School of Law, The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History[5]
- 2002: Mounira M. Charrad , Professor of Sociology, States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco[6]
- 2001: Lucas Scot Powe, Jr., Professor of Law, The Warren Court and American Politics[7]
- 2000: A. P. Martinich, Professor of Philosophy, Hobbes: A Biography[8]
- 1999: Linda Dalrymple Henderson, Professor of Art & Art History, Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works[9]
- 1998: Neil F. Foley, Associate Professor of History, The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture[10]
- 1997: Robert H. Kane, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy, The Significance of Free Will[11]
Sources
http://www.utexas.edu/research/hamiltonaward/
Bibliography
- ^ Carton, Evan (2006). Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America. New York: Free Press. ISBN 978-0-743-27136-3.
- ^ White, L. Micheal (2004). From Jesus to Christianity: How Four Generations of Visionaries & Storytellers Created the New Testament and Christian Faith. San Francisco: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-060-52655-9.
- ^ Pianka, Eric R.; Vitt, Laurie J. (2003). Lizards. Berkely: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52-023401-7.
- ^ Chipps Smith, Jeffrey (2002). Sensuous Worship: Jesuits and the Art of the Early Catholic Reformation in Germany. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-69-109072-6.
- ^ Bobbitt, Philip (2002). The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History. New York: Alfred Knopf. ISBN 0-38-572138-2.
- ^ Charrad, Mounira M. (2001). States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52-007323-4.
- ^ Powe, Lucas A. (2000). The Warren Court and American Politics. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-67-400095-1.
- ^ Martinich, Aloysius (1999). Hobbes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52-149583-7.
- ^ Henderson, Linda Dalrymple (1998). Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-69-105551-3.
- ^ Foley, Neil (1997). The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52-020724-0.
- ^ Kane, Robert H. (1999). The Significance of Free Will. New York: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/0195126564.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-512656-3.