2009 Submission Guidelines
~ 2009 NOMINATION GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION ~
- The award may be made annually to that book judged by the Award Committee to be the outstanding book on American labor history published during the preceding calendar year. The making of an award is not mandatory, however, and if, in the judgment of the Award Committee, no book is worthy of recognition, no award need be made.
- The award will carry with it a monetary prize of $1,500.00.
- Competition is limited to books published in the English language.
- Subject matter must be United States labor history defined broadly enough to include histories of workers (organized and unorganized) as well as histories of their institutions.
- Books for the competition may be submitted by either the author or the publisher. One copy should be submitted to each member of the Philip Taft Labor History Award Committee.
- Nominated books should be submitted no later than December 15, 2008. Page proofs may be submitted in lieu of books to be published between Dec. 15, 2008, and Jan. 1, 2009.
- The award will be announced at the Spring 2009 meeting of LAWCHA "Race, Labor, and the City: Crises Old and New." The meeting will be held Thursday, May 28 - Saturday, May 31, 2009, at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois.
~ 2009 COMMITTEE INFORMATION ~
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE PHILIP TAFT LABOR HISTORY AWARD COMMITTEE
Please submit a copy of your nomination to each person on the committee. The committee members include:
1. Ileen A. DeVault, Professor
Cornell University - ILR School
340 Ives East
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
2. Jefferson Cowie, Associate Professor
Cornell University - ILR School
379 Ives East
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
3. Nancy Gabin, Associate Professor
Purdue University
Department of History
672 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2087
4. Gilbert Gonzalez, Professor
41 Urey Court
Irvine, CA 92617
5. Joe W. Trotter, Mellon Professor
Head, Department of History
Baker Hall 240
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
