Prémio Pulitzer de História

O Prémio Pulitzer de História, gerido pela Universidade de Columbia, é um dos sete Prémios Pulitzer que são entregues anualmente nas áreas das Letras, Teatro e Música. Tem sido entregue desde 1917 a um livro notável sobre a História dos Estados Unidos. Trata-se de um dos Pulitzers originais, tendo começado o programa em 1917 com sete prémios, quatro dos quais entregues nesse ano. O programa do Prémio Pulitzer tem também reconhecido algum trabalho histórico através do seu Prémio de Biografia, desde 1917, e o seu prémio Prémio Pulitzer de Não Ficção Geral, desde 1952.

A medalha de ouro do Prêmio Pulitzer

Os finalistas têm sido anunciados desde 1980, geralmente dois para além do vencedor.

Vencedores

Nos seus primeiros 97 anos até 2013, o Pulitzer de História foi entregue 95 vezes. Dois prémios foram atribuídos em 1989; nenhum em 1919, 1984, e 1994. Quatro pessoas venceram duas vezes, Margaret Leech, Bernard Bailyn, Paul Horgan e Alan Taylor.

Década de 1910

• 1917: With Americans of Past and Present Days de Jean Jules Jusserand
• 1918: A History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 de James Ford Rhodes
• 1919: não foi entregue o prémio

Década de 1920

• 1920: The War with Mexico de Justin H. Smith
• 1921: The Victory at Sea de William Sowden Sims e Burton J. Hendrick
• 1922: The Founding of New England de James Truslow Adams
• 1923: The Supreme Court in United States History de Charles Warren
• 1924: The American Revolution: A Constitutional Interpretation de Charles Howard McIlwain
• 1925: History of the American Frontier de Frederic L. Paxson
• 1926: A History of the United States de Edward Channing
• 1927: Pinckney's Treaty de Samuel Flagg Bemis
• 1928: Main Currents in American Thought de Vernon Louis Parrington
• 1929: The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861–1865 de Fred Albert Shannon

Década de 1930

• 1930: The War of Independence de Claude H. Van Tyne
• 1931: The Coming of the War, 1914 de Bernadotte E. Schmitt
• 1932: My Experiences in the World War de John J. Pershing
• 1933: The Significance of Sections in American History de Frederick J. Turner
• 1934: The People's Choice de Herbert Agar
• 1935: The Colonial Period of American History de Charles McLean Andrews
• 1936: A Constitutional History of the United States de Andrew C. McLaughlin
• 1937: The Flowering of New England, 1815–1865 de Van Wyck Brooks
• 1938: The Road to Reunion, 1865–1900 de Paul Herman Buck
• 1939: A History of American Magazines de Frank Luther Mott

Década de 1940

• 1940: Abraham Lincoln: The War Years de Carl Sandburg
• 1941: The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860 de Marcus Lee Hansen
• 1942: Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 de Margaret Leech
• 1943: Paul Revere and the World He Lived In de Esther Forbes
• 1944: The Growth of American Thought de Merle Curti
• 1945: Unfinished Business de Stephen Bonsal
• 1946: The Age of Jackson de Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
• 1947: Scientists Against Time de James Phinney Baxter III
• 1948: Across the Wide Missouri de Bernard DeVoto
• 1949: The Disruption of American Democracy de Roy Franklin Nichols

Década de 1950

• 1950: Art and Life in America de Oliver W. Larkin
• 1951: The Old Northwest, Pioneer Period 1815–1840 de R. Carlyle Buley
• 1952: The Uprooted de Oscar Handlin
• 1953: The Era of Good Feelings de George Dangerfield
• 1954: A Stillness at Appomattox de Bruce Catton
• 1955: Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History de Paul Horgan
• 1956: The Age of Reform de Richard Hofstadter
• 1957: Russia Leaves the War: Soviet-American Relations, 1917–1920 de George F. Kennan
• 1958: Banks and Politics in America de Bray Hammond
• 1959: The Republican Era: 1869–1901 de Leonard D. White e Jean Schneider

Década de 1960

• 1960: In the Days of McKinley de Margaret Leech
• 1961: Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference de Herbert Feis
• 1962: The Triumphant Empire: Thunder-Clouds Gather in the West, 1763–1766 de Lawrence H. Gipson
• 1963: Washington, Village and Capital, 1800–1878 de Constance McLaughlin Green
• 1964: Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town de Sumner Chilton Powell
• 1965: The Greenback Era de Irwin Unger
• 1966: The Life of the Mind in America de Perry Miller
• 1967: Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West de William H. Goetzmann
• 1968: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution de Bernard Bailyn
• 1969: Origins of the Fifth Amendment de Leonard W. Levy

Década de 1970

• 1970: Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department de Dean Acheson
• 1971: Roosevelt: The Soldier Of Freedom de James MacGregor Burns
• 1972: Neither Black nor White de Carl N. Degler
• 1973: People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization de Michael Kammen
• 1974: The Americans: The Democratic Experience de Daniel J. Boorstin
• 1975: Jefferson and His Time de Dumas Malone
• 1976: Lamy of Santa Fe de Paul Horgan
• 1977: The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861 de David M. Potter (Completado e editado por Don E. Fehrenbacher)
• 1978: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business de Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.
• 1979: The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics de Don E. Fehrenbacher

Década de 1980

Os registados a partir deste ponto incluem os finalistas listados após o vencedor de cada ano.

• 1980: Been in the Storm So Long de Leon F. Litwack
  • The Plains Across de John B. Unruh
  • The Urban Crucible de Gary B. Nash
• 1981: American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 de Lawrence A. Cremin
  • A Search for Power: The 'Weaker Sex' in Seventeenth Century New England de Lyle Koehler
  • Over Here: The First World War and American Society de David M. Kennedy
• 1982: Mary Chesnut's Civil War de C. Vann Woodward
  • Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941–1945 de Akira Iriye
  • White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American & South African History de George M. Fredrickson
• 1983: The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 de Rhys L. Isaac
  • Southern Honor: Ethics & Behavior in the Old South de Bertram Wyatt-Brown
  • The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763–1789 de Robert Middlekauff
• 1984: não foi entregue o prémio
• 1985: Prophets of Regulation de Thomas K. McCraw
  • The Crucible of Race de Joel Williamson
  • The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians de Francis Paul Prucha
• 1986: ...the Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age de Walter A. McDougall
  • Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America de Kerby A. Miller
  • Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the Present de Jacqueline Jones
  • Novus Ordo Seclorum: the Intellectual Origins of the Constitution de Forrest McDonald
• 1987: Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution de Bernard Bailyn
  • Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference de David Garrow
  • Eisenhower: At War, 1943–1945 de David Eisenhower
• 1988: The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 de Robert V. Bruce
  • The Care of Strangers: The Rise of America's Hospital System de Charles E. Rosenberg
  • The Fall of the House of Labor de David Montgomery
• 1989: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era de James M. McPherson
• 1989: Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–1963 de Taylor Branch
  • A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam de Neil Sheehan
  • Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 de Eric Foner

Década de 1990

• 1990: In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines de Stanley Karnow
  • American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm 1870–1970 de Thomas P. Hughes
  • The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to World War I de Hugh Honour
• 1991: A Midwife's Tale de Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
  • America in 1857: A Nation on the Brink de Kenneth M. Stampp
  • Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919–1939 de Lizabeth Cohen
  • The Civil Rights Era: Origins and Development of National Policy de Hugh David Graham
• 1992: The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties de Mark E. Neely, Jr.
  • A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs de Theodore Draper
  • Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West de William Cronon
  • Profits in the Wilderness: Entrepreneurship and the Founding of New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century de John Frederick Martin
  • The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650–1815 de Richard White
• 1993: The Radicalism of the American Revolution de Gordon S. Wood
  • Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America de Garry Wills
  • The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction de Edward L. Ayers
• 1994: não foi entregue o prémio
  • Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK de Gerald Posner
  • Crime and Punishment in American History de Lawrence M. Friedman
  • William Faulkner and Southern History de Joel Williamson
• 1995: No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II de Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Lincoln in American Memory de Merrill D. Peterson
  • Stories of Scottsboro de James Goodman
• 1996: William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic de Alan Taylor
  • Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb de Richard Rhodes
  • The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic de Lance Banning
• 1997: Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution de Jack N. Rakove
  • Founding Mothers and Fathers de Mary Beth Norton
  • The Battle for Christmas de Stephen Nissenbaum
• 1998: Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion de Edward J. Larson
  • Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America de J. Anthony Lukas
  • Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History de Rogers Smith
• 1999: Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 de Edwin G. Burrows e Mike Wallace
  • In a Barren Land: American Indian Dispossession and Survival de Paula Mitchell Marks
  • The New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age de William E. Burrows

Década de 2000

• 2000: Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 de David M. Kennedy
  • The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics and the Triumph of Anglo-America de Kevin Phillips
  • Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier de James H. Merrell
• 2001: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation de Joseph J. Ellis
  • The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States de Alexander Keyssar
  • Way Out There in the Blue de Frances FitzGerald
• 2002: The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America de Louis Menand
  • Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and the Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation de J. William Harris
  • Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America de Daniel K. Richter
• 2003: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa 1942–1943 de Rick Atkinson
  • At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America de Philip Dray
  • Rereading Sex: Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth Century America de Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
• 2004: A Nation Under Our Feet de Steven Hahn
  • Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center de Daniel Okrent
  • They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 de David Maraniss
• 2005: Washington's Crossing de David Hackett Fischer
  • Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age de Kevin Boyle
  • Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860, volumes 1 & 2 de Michael O'Brien
• 2006: Polio: An American Story de David Oshinsky
  • New York Burning de Jill Lepore
  • The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln de Sean Wilentz
• 2007: The Race Beat de Gene Roberts e Hank Klibanoff
  • Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War de Nathaniel Philbrick
  • Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005 de James T. Campbell
• 2008: What Hath God Wrought: the Transformation of America, 1815–1848 de Daniel Walker Howe
  • The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War de David Halberstam
  • Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power de Robert Dallek
• 2009: The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family de Annette Gordon-Reed
  • The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s de G. Calvin Mackenzie and Robert Weisbrot
  • This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War de Drew Gilpin Faust

Década de 2010

• 2010: Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World de Liaquat Ahamed
  • Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 de Gordon S. Wood
  • Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City de Greg Grandin
• 2011: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery de Eric Foner
  • Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South de Stephanie McCurry
  • Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston de Michael J. Rawson
• 2012: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention de Manning Marable
  • Empires, Nations & Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860 de Anne F. Hyde
  • The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden de Anthony Summers e Robbyn Swan
  • Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America de Richard White
• 2013: Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam de Fredrik Logevall
  • The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675 de Bernard Bailyn
  • Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History de John Fabian Witt
• 2014: The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 de Alan Taylor
  • A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America de Jacqueline Jones
  • Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident and the Illusion of Safety de Eric Schlosser
• 2015: Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People de Elizabeth A. Fenn
  • Empire of Cotton: A Global History de Sven Beckert
  • An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America de Nick Bunker
• 2016: Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T. J. Stiles
  • Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War de Brian Matthew Jordan
  • Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor de James M. Scott
  • The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency de Annie Jacobsen

Vencedores repetentes

Cinco pessoas venceram o Prémio Pulitzer de História duas vezes.

• Margaret Leech, 1942 por Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 e em 1960 por In the Days of McKinley
• Bernard Bailyn, 1968 por The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution e em 1987 por Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution
• Paul Horgan, 1955 por Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History e em 1976 por Lamy of Santa Fe
• Alan Taylor, 1996 por William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic e em 2014 por The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
• Don E. Fehrenbacher completou The Impending Crisis de David Potter, com o qual Potter venceu postumamente o prémio de 1977, e venceu o prémio de 1979 em seu nome por The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics.