2008 W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize
The 2008 W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize, sponsored by Mary Lincoln, is awarded biennially for the first published book of exceptional merit and lasting significance for the understanding of Russia's past.
John Randolph
The 2008 W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize was awarded to John Randolph for A House in the Garden: The Bakunin Family and the Romance of Russian Idealism, published by Cornell University Press in 2007.
(A House in the Garden also received an honorable mention for the 2008 Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize.)
The selection committee judged John Randolph's monograph, A House in the Garden: The Bakunin Family and the Romance of Russian Idealism, to be an extraordinary piece of original research, careful analysis, and superb writing. Taking a subject thoroughly investigated by other historians, Randolph proves to be surprisingly innovative and original, not only drawing on a wealth of new information but also presenting a powerful argument about the impact of domestic life on the lives and thinking of the Russian intelligentsia. That argument provides a fresh new perspective on the Russian intelligentsia, going well beyond the traditional historiography that reduced the history of the Russian intelligentsia to an abstract Geistesgeschichte. This volume is also beautifully written, a model of elegant prose that serves as a tribute to the scholar in whose name this award was created.
2008 W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize Honorable Mentions
The prize committee also decided to recognize three honorable mentions:
- Jochen Hellbeck received an honorable mention for Revolution on My Mind: Writing a Diary under Stalin, published by Harvard University Press in 2006
(Revolution on My Mind was also shortlisted for the 2007 Vayne S. Vucinich Book Prize) - Marianne Kamp received an honorable mention for The New Woman in Uzbekistan: Islam, Modernity, and Unveiling under Communism, published by the University of Washington Press in 2006
- Ethan Pollock received an honorable mention for Stalin and the Soviet Science Wars, published by Princeton University Press in 2006
(Stalin and the Soviet Science Wars was also shortlisted for the 2007 Vayne S. Vucinich Book Prize)
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