Prizes for The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America (Book)

Walker Cowen Memorial Prize [link]
Date: 2/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Organization: University of Virginia Press [link]
Abstract: The prize is awarded to the author of a scholarly book-length manuscript in eighteenth-century studies, including the Americas and the Atlantic world. Submissions may be in history (including history of science), literature, philosophy, or the arts. The competition is held annually. The winner of the Cowen Prize will receive a $5,000 award and will be offered an advance publishing contract by the University of Virginia Press. The prize honors the late Walker Cowen, second Director of the Press from 1969 until his death in 1987.

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