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Il premio Pulitzer per la storia (Pulitzer Prize for History) è un premio letterario assegnato annualmente dal 1917 nella categoria di arti e lettere, a un'opera che tratti in preferenza della storia statunitense[1]. Tra le varie categorie in cui il Pulitzer viene assegnato, è uno dei premi originari[2]. Dal 1980 vengono annunciati anche i finalisti.

Albo d'oro

Il premio non è stato assegnato nel 1919, 1984 e 1994; assegnato due volte nel 1989. I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto, a seguire i finalisti[3].

Anni 1917-1919

Anni 1920-1929

Anni 1930-1939

Anni 1940-1949

Anni 1950-1959

Anni 1960-1969

  • 1960: In the Days of McKinley di Margaret Leech
  • 1961: Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference di Herbert Feis
  • 1962: The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West, 1763–1766 di Lawrence H. Gipson
  • 1963: Washington, Village and Capital, 1800–1878 di Constance McLaughlin Green
  • 1964: Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town di Sumner Chilton Powell
  • 1965: The Greenback Era di Irwin Unger
  • 1966: The Life of the Mind in America di Perry Miller
  • 1967: Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West di William H. Goetzmann
  • 1968: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution di Bernard Bailyn
  • 1969: Origins of the Fifth Amendment di Leonard W. Levy

Anni 1970-1979

  • 1970: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department di Dean Acheson
  • 1971: Roosevelt: The Soldier Of Freedom di James MacGregor Burns
  • 1972: Neither Black nor White di Carl N. Degler
  • 1973: People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization di Michael Kammen
  • 1974: The Americans: The Democratic Experience di Daniel J. Boorstin
  • 1975: Jefferson and His Time di Dumas Malone
  • 1976: Lamy of Santa Fe di Paul Horgan
  • 1977: The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861 di David M. Potter (completato e pubblicato da Don E. Fehrenbacher)
  • 1978: La mano visibile. La rivoluzione manageriale nell'economia americana (The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business) di Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
  • 1979: The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics di Don E. Fehrenbacher

Anni 1980-1989

  • 1980: Been in the Storm So Long di Leon F. Litwack
    • The Plains Across di John B. Unruh
    • The Urban Crucible di Gary B. Nash
  • 1981: American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 di Lawrence A. Cremin
    • A Search for Power: The 'Weaker Sex' in Seventeenth Century New England di Lyle Koehler
    • Over Here: The First World War and American Society di David M. Kennedy
  • 1982: Mary Chesnut's Civil War di C. Vann Woodward
    • Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941–1945 di Akira Iriye
    • White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American & South African History di George M. Fredrickson
  • 1983: The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 di Rhys L. Isaac
    • Southern Honor: Ethics & Behavior in the Old South di Bertram Wyatt-Brown
    • The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789 di Robert Middlekauff
  • 1984: non assegnato
  • 1985: Prophets of Regulation di Thomas K. McCraw
    • The Crucible of Race di Joel Williamson
    • The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians di Francis Paul Prucha
  • 1986: ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age di Walter A. McDougall
    • Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America di Kerby A. Miller
    • Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the Present di Jacqueline Jones
    • Novus Ordo Seclorum: the Intellectual Origins of the Constitution di Forrest McDonald
  • 1987: Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution di Bernard Bailyn
    • Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference di David Garrow
    • Eisenhower: At War, 1943–1945 di David Eisenhower
  • 1988: The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 di Robert V. Bruce
    • The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System di Charles E. Rosenberg
    • The Fall of the House of Labor di David Montgomery
  • 1989: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era di James M. McPherson
  • 1989: Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–1963 di Taylor Branch

Anni 1990-1999

  • 1990: In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines di Stanley Karnow
    • American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm 1870–1970 di Thomas P. Hughes
    • The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to World War I di Hugh Honour
  • 1991: A Midwife's Tale di Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
    • America in 1857: A Nation on the Brink di Kenneth M. Stampp
    • Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919–1939 di Lizabeth Cohen
    • The Civil Rights Era: Origins and Development of National Policy di Hugh David Graham
  • 1992: The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties di Mark E. Neely, Jr.
    • A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs di Theodore Draper
    • Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West di William Cronon
    • Profits in the Wilderness: Entrepreneurship and the Founding of New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century di John Frederick Martin
    • The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815 di Richard White
  • 1993: The Radicalism of the American Revolution di Gordon S. Wood
    • Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America di Garry Wills
    • The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction di Edward L. Ayers
  • 1994: non assegnato
    • Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK di Gerald Posner
    • Crime and Punishment in American History di Lawrence M. Friedman
    • William Faulkner and Southern History di Joel Williamson
  • 1995: No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II di Doris Kearns Goodwin
    • Lincoln in American Memory di Merrill D. Peterson
    • Stories of Scottsboro di James Goodman
  • 1996: William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic di Alan Taylor
    • Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb di Richard Rhodes
    • The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic di Lance Banning
  • 1997: Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution di Jack N. Rakove
    • Founding Mothers and Fathers di Mary Beth Norton
    • The Battle for Christmas di Stephen Nissenbaum
  • 1998: Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion di Edward J. Larson
    • Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America di J. Anthony Lukas
    • Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History di Rogers Smith
  • 1999: Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 di Edwin G. Burrows e Mike Wallace
    • In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival di Paula Mitchell Marks
    • The New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age di William E. Burrows

Anni 2000-2009

  • 2000: Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 di David M. Kennedy
    • The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics and the Triumph of Anglo-America di Kevin Phillips
    • Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier di James H. Merrell
  • 2001: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation di Joseph J. Ellis
    • The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States di Alexander Keyssar
    • Way Out There in the Blue di Frances FitzGerald
  • 2002: The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America di Louis Menand
    • Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and the Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation di J. William Harris
    • Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America di Daniel K. Richter
  • 2003: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942–1943 di Rick Atkinson
    • At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America di Philip Dray
    • Rereading Sex: Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth Century America di Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
  • 2004: A Nation Under Our Feet di Steven Hahn
    • Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center di Daniel Okrent
    • They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 di David Maraniss
  • 2005: Washington's Crossing di David Hackett Fischer
    • Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age di Kevin Boyle
    • Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860, volumes 1 & 2 di Michael O'Brien
  • 2006: Polio: An American Story di David Oshinsky
    • New York Burning di Jill Lepore
    • The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln di Sean Wilentz
  • 2007: The Race Beat di Gene Roberts e Hank Klibanoff
    • Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War di Nathaniel Philbrick
    • Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005 di James T. Campbell
  • 2008: What Hath God Wrought: the Transformation of America, 1815–1848 di Daniel Walker Howe
    • The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War di David Halberstam
    • Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power di Robert Dallek
  • 2009: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family di Annette Gordon-Reed
    • The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s di G. Calvin Mackenzie e Robert Weisbrot
    • This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War di Drew Gilpin Faust

Anni 2010-2019

  • 2010: Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World di Liaquat Ahamed
    • Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 di Gordon S. Wood
    • Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City di Greg Grandin
  • 2011: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery di Eric Foner
    • Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South di Stephanie McCurry
    • Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston di Michael J. Rawson
  • 2012: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention di Manning Marable
    • Empires, Nations & Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860 di Anne F. Hyde
    • The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden di Anthony Summers e Robbyn Swan
    • Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America di Richard White
  • 2013: Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam di Fredrik Logevall
    • The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675 di Bernard Bailyn
    • Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History di John Fabian Witt
  • 2014: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 di Alan Taylor
    • A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America di Jacqueline Jones
    • Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident and the Illusion of Safety di Eric Schlosser
  • 2015: Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People di Elizabeth A. Fenn
    • An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America, di Nick Bunker
    • Empire of Cotton: A Global History, di Sven Beckert
  • 2016: Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America di T.J. Stiles
    • Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War, di Brian Matthew Jordan
    • Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor, di James M. Scott
    • The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency, di Annie Jacobsen
  • 2017: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy di Heather Ann Thompson
    • Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It, di Larrie D. Ferreiro
    • New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America, di Wendy Warren
  • 2018: The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea di Jack E. Davis
    • Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics di Kim Phillips-Fein
    • Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots against Hollywood and America di Steven J. Ross
  • 2019: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom di David W. Blight
    • American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic di Victoria Johnson
    • Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition di W. Fitzhugh Brundage

Anni 2020-2029

  • 2020: Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America di W. Caleb McDaniel
    • Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership di Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
    • The End of the Myth: From the Border Wall in the Mind of America di Greg Grandin
  • 2021: Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America di Marcia Chatelain
    • The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America di Eric Cervini
    • The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West di Megan Kate Nelson
  • 2022[4]: Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America di Nicole Eustace ex aequo Cuba: An American History di Ada Ferrer
    • Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction di Kate Masur
  • 2023[5]: Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power di Jefferson Cowie
    • Watergate: A New History di Garrett Graff
    • Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America di Michael John Witten
  • 2024[6]: No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era di Jacqueline Jones
    • American Anarchy: The Epic Struggle between Immigrant Radicals and the US Government at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century di Michael Willrich
    • Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion di Elliott West

Note

  1. ^ (EN) Premio Pulitzer - Sito ufficiale, su pulitzer.org.
  2. ^ (EN) The Pulitzer Prize. 1917 Winners, su pulitzer.org.
  3. ^ (EN) The Pulitzer Prizes - History, su pulitzer.org.
  4. ^ Severino Colombo, Premio Pulitzer 2022, premiati Joshua Cohen e i giornalisti ucraini, su corriere.it, 9 maggio 2022. URL consultato il 10 maggio 2022.
  5. ^ (EN) Neda Ulaby e Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes, su npr.org, 8 maggio 2023. URL consultato il 10 maggio 2023.
  6. ^ (EN) Hillel Italie, Jayne Anne Phillips’ novel ‘Night Watch,’ Eboni Booth’s drama ‘Primary Trust’ among Pulitzer winners, su apnews.com, 7 maggio 2024. URL consultato l'8 maggio 2024.

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