1927 Award. About the Disputes on the Mississippi Question

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction. History and Development of the Pulitzer Prize for American History XIX
5. Selections from Award-Winning Entries
6. Remarks About the Selections Criteria 2
7. 1917 Award. About the Americans in Various Historical Phases 3
8. 1918 Award. About the Stages of the Civil War 7
9. 1919 Award. About the Withhold of the History Prize 11
10. 1920 Award. About the Central Aspects of the War with Mexico 13
11. 1921 Award. About the Naval Strategy in World War I 17
12. 1922 Award. About the Founding of New England States 21
13. 1923 Award. About the Supreme Court in U.S. History 27
14. 1924 Award. About the Background of the American Revolution 31
15. 1925 Award. About the Frontier Development of the U.S. 35
16. 1926 Award. About the General History of the United States 41
17. 1927 Award. About the Disputes on the Mississippi Question 45
18. 1928 Award. About the Romantic Revolution in America 49
19. 1929 Award. About the Union Army’s Administration 53
20. 1930 Award. About the Results of the Independence War 57
21. 1931 Award. About the Coming of the First World War 61
22. 1932 Award. About the Personal Experiences in World War I 65
23. 1933 Award. About the Sections in American History 69
24. 1934 Award. About the Presidents after George Washington 73
25. 1935 Award. About the Colonial Period of North America 79
26. 1936 Award. About The Constitutional History of the United States 83
27. 1937 Award. About the Flowering of the New England Region 87
28. 1938 Award. About the Road to American Reunion 91
29. 1939 Award. About the History of American Periodicals 95
30. 1940 Award. About the War Years of Abraham Lincoln 99
31. 1941 Award. About the Continuing Settlement of the United States 105
32. 1942 Award. About the Conclusive Phase of Lincoln’s Presidency 111
33. 1943 Award. About the Upcoming of a Famous Boston Pioneer 119
34. 1944 Award. About the Growth of Thought in America 123
35. 1945 Award. About the U.S. Policy after the First World War 129
36. 1946 Award. About the Age of President Andrew Jackson 135
37. 1947 Award. About the U.S. Struggle for Superiority in World War II 139
38. 1948 Award. About the Crossing of the Missouri River 145
39. 1949 Award. About the Disruption of American Democracy 149
40. 1950 Award. About the Art and Life in the United States 153
41. 1951 Award. About the Pioneer Period of the Northwest 159
42. 1952 Award. About the Great Migrations in America 163
43. 1953 Award. About the Years of President James Monroe 167
44. 1954 Award. About the Civil War in the State of Virginia 171
45. 1955 Award. About the Rio Grande in North American History 175
46. 1956 Award. About the Age of Reform in the United States 179
47. 1957 Award. About the Early Soviet-American Relations 183
48. 1958 Award. About the American Bank Policy Since the Revolution 189
49. 1959 Award. About the History of the U.S. Administrative System 193
50. 1960 Award. About the Twenty-Fifth President of the United States 197
51. 1961 Award. About the American Position at the Potsdam Conference 201
52. 1962 Award. About the Pre-Revolution Years in America 207
53. 1963 Award. About the Emergence of the U.S. Chief National City 213
54. 1964 Award. About the Formation of a New England Spot 219
55. 1965 Award. About the Development of American Finance Policy 223
56. 1966 Award. About the Life of the Mind in America 229
57. 1967 Award. About the Explorers of the American West 235
58. 1968 Award. About the Ideological Background of the Revolution 241
59. 1969 Award. About the Origins of the Fifth Amendment 245
60. 1970 Award. About the Experiences in the State Department 251
61. 1971 Award. About the Thirty-Second President of the United States 255
62. 1972 Award. About the Comparison of Race Relations in America 261
63. 1973 Award. About the Origins of American Civilization 265
64. 1974 Award. About the Democratic Experience in the United States 269
65. 1975 Award. About the Time and Life of Thomas Jefferson 273
66. 1976 Award. About the Activities of a Missioner in America 279
67. 1977 Award. About the Impending Crisis in the United States 283
68. 1978 Award. About the Managerial Revolution in U.S. Business 289
69. 1979 Award. About the Significance of a Supreme Court Decision 295
70. 1980 Award. About the Aftermath of Slavery in the United States 301
71. 1981 Award. About the Developments in American Education Policy 305
72. 1982 Award. About the Eyewitness Reports from the Civil War 309
73. 1983 Award. About the Transformation of Eighteen-Hundred Virginia 313
74. 1984 Award. About the Withhold of the History Prize 317
75. 1985 Award. About the Protagonists of the U.S. Regulation Ideas 319
76. 1986 Award. About the American Involvement in Space Age 323
77. 1987 Award. About the Pre-Revolution Peopling in the United States 327
78. 1988 Award. About the Launching of Modern Science in the U.S. 333
79. 1989a Award. About the Civil Rights Movement Years 337
80. 1989b Award. About the Era of the American Civil War 341
81. 1990 Award. About the United States Influence in Southeast Asia 345
82. 1991 Award. About the Life in Eighteen-Hundred Maine 349
83. Winners of the American History Award, 1992 – 2002 352
84. Index 355
85. Backmatter 365