Each year the Cundill Prize, administered by McGill University and selected by an international jury, recognizes the book the \u201cembodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal.\u201d It is the most lucrative prize of its kind, with winners receiving an award of US$75,000 and two runners-up receiving US$10,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To highlight the achievements of these authors, the Humanities and Social Sciences Library has put together a virtual book display<\/a> showcasing the ten shortlisted books for this year\u2019s prize:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roderick Beaton, <\/strong>Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation Visit the display and borrow one of our ebooks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each year the Cundill Prize, administered by McGill University and selected by an international jury, recognizes the book the \u201cembodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal.\u201d It is the most lucrative prize of its kind, with winners receiving … Continue reading
<\/em>Vincent Brown, <\/strong>Tacky\u2019s Revolt: the Story of an Atlantic Slave War
<\/em>William Dalrymple, <\/strong>The Anarchy: the Relentless Rise of the East India Company
<\/em>Richard M. Eaton, <\/strong>India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765
<\/em>Kim Ghattas, <\/strong>Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry that Unravelled the Middle East
<\/em>Kerri Greenidge, <\/strong>Black Radical: the Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter
<\/em>Rashid Khalidi, <\/strong>The Hundred Years\u2019 War on Palestine: a History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
<\/em>Paul Lay, <\/strong>Providence Lost: the Rise and Fall of Cromwell\u2019s Protectorate
<\/em>Claudio Saunt, <\/strong>Unworthy Republic: the Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
<\/em>Camilla Townsend, <\/strong>Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n