The John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History is offered annually for an outstanding book in the history of
China proper
China proper, Inner China, or the Eighteen Provinces is a term used by some Western writers in reference to the "core" regions of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty of China. This term is used to express a distinction between the "core" regions popu ...
,
Vietnam
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,
Chinese Central Asia,
Mongolia
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,
Manchuria
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,
Korea
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, or
Japan
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, substantially after 1800. It honors the late
John K. Fairbank
John King Fairbank (May 24, 1907 – September 14, 1991) was an American historian of China and United States–China relations. He taught at Harvard University from 1936 until his retirement in 1977. He is credited with building the field of Chi ...
, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University, and president of the
American Historical Association
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in 1968. Only books of high scholarly and literary merit will be considered. Anthologies, edited works, and pamphlets are ineligible for the competition.
American Historical Association.
List of prizes
See also
*Joseph Levenson Book Prize Joseph Levenson Book Prize is awarded each year in memory of Joseph R. Levenson by the Association for Asian Studies to two English-language books, one whose main focus is on China before 1900 and the other for works on post-1900 China. According t ...
for Chinese history.
*John Whitney Hall Book Prize The John Whitney Hall Book Prize has been awarded annually since 1994 by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Pioneer Japanese studies scholar John Whitney Hall is commemorated in the name of this prize.
The Hall Prize acknowledges an outstandi ...
for Japanese or Korean history.
* James B. Palais Book Prize for Korean history.
*List of history awards
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*List of prizes named after people
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Notes
References
External links
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listing.
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History of China
Asian awards
Awards established in 1969
American Historical Association book prizes