The Award-Winning Titles of 2014

An exhaustive roundup of this year’s honors and accolades.

Congratulations are in order for this year’s award-winning authors, whose books and honors are gathered below. These books, most of which were published within the last few years, run a gamut of disciplines, embarking on explorations of race, industry, national belonging, artistic practice, cultural heritage, history, and more. Hover over titles to view full award details.

Anonymous Agencies, Backstreet Businesses, and Covert Collectives
Winner of the 2013 Book Award, sponsored by the National Communication Association Organizational Communication Division.

Winner of the 2014 Distinguished Publication in Business Communication, sponsored by the Association for Business Communication

Winner of the 2014 Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, sponsored by the National Communication Association Applied Communication Division.

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Race Decoded
Winner of the 2014 Oliver Cromwell Cox Award, sponsored by the ASA Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities.

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Blinded By Sight
Bronze Medal in the 2014 IPPY Awards, Social Issues section, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

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Knowledge in the Blood
Winner of the 2014 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize, sponsored by the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

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The Semblance of Identity
Winner of the 2013 AAAS Book Award in Literary Criticism, sponsored by the Association for Asian American Studies.

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Campaigning for Justice
Co-winner of the the 2014 Human Rights Best Book Award, sponsored by the APSA Human Rights Section.

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Sacrificing Families
Honorable Mention in the 2014 AHS Book Award, sponsored by the Association for Humanist Sociology & 2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.

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The Mind-Body Stage
Winner of the 2014 Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History, sponsored by the American Society for Theatre Research.

Winner of the 2014 Ann Saddlemyer Award, sponsored by the Canadian Association for Theatre Research/Association Canadienne de la Recherche Théâtrale.

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Dolores Del Río
Cowinner, Bronze Medal (Biography Category) of the 2014 IPPY Awards, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

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The Puzzle of Unanimity
2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

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Connected
Cowinner, Gold Medal (U.S. History Category) of the 2014 IPPY Awards, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

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The DREAMers
2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

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Counterculture Colophon
Honorable Mention, Media & Cultural Studies, in the 2013 PROSE Awards (PSP Awards for Excellence), sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers.

Cowinner, Gold Medal (Writing/Publishing Category) of the the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

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Romantic Intimacy
Winner of the 2013 Jean-Pierre Barricelli Prize, sponsored by the International Conference on Romanticism & 2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.

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Flourishing
Finalist in the 2014 SIM Book Award, sponsored by the AOM Social Issues in Management Section.

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Thinking Its Presence
Honorable Mention in the 2014 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism, sponsored by the Poetry Foundation.

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After Yugoslavia
Winner of the 2014 Mihailo “Misha” Djordjevic Book Prize in Serbian Studies, sponsored by the North American Society for Serbian Studies (NASSS)

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White Bound
Co-winner of the the 2014 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

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Rebel Mexico
Winner of the 2014 Mexican History Book Prize, sponsored by the Conference on Latin American History.

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Slow Print
Winner of the 2014 NAVSA Best Book of the Year Award, sponsored by the North American Victorian Studies Association.

Honorable Mention for the 2014 Modernist Studies Book Prize, sponsored by the Modernist Studies Association.

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Citizen Strangers
2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.

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Life Behind the Lobby
Winner of the 2013 AAAS Book Award in Social Science, sponsored by the Association for Asian American Studies.

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Refugees of Revolution
Winner of the the 2014 Palestine Book Awards, sponsored by the Middle East Monitor (MEMO).

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The Rise and Fall of Human Rights
Winner of the 2014 APLA Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology.

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Hispanic Entrepreneurs
2014 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.

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A Political History of National Citizenship and Identity in Italy
Finalist in the 2014 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize, sponsored by the Western Association of Women Historians.

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A Frenchwoman's Imperial Story
Honorable Mention in the 2014 Pinkney Prize, sponsored by the Society for French Historical Studies.

Winner of the 2014 Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize, sponsored by the French Colonial Historical Society.

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The Scramble for Citizens
Winner of the 2014 Thomas and Znaniecki Book Award, sponsored by the ASA International Migration Section.

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Opera and the City
Winner of the 2014 Joseph Levenson (Pre-1900) Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies.

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Time in the Shadows
Winner of the 2013 IPS Section Book Award, sponsored by the ISA International Political Sociology Section.

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Making Tea, Making Japan
Winner of the 2014 Book of the Year Award, sponsored by the ASA Section on Asia and Asian America.

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Live and Die Like a Man
Honorable Mention in the 2014 JMEWS Book Award, sponsored by the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies.

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Waking From the Dream
Walker, Waking from the Dream
Honorable Mention in the 2014 Thomas McGann Book Prize, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS).

Winner of the 2014 Best Book Award in the Social Sciences, sponsored by the LASA Mexico Section.

Honorable Mention in the 2014 Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, sponsored by the Social Science History Association.

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