Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Award

The History of Economics Society awards yearly the Joseph J. Spengler
Prize for the best book in the history of economics. Beside the honor,
there is a stipend of $500 plus travel expenses up to $500 to attend
the presentation at the HES annual conference.

Selection Process

Eligibility: Original, authored books in the history of economics
published, in English, during the two calendar years preceding the HES
Meeting at which the award is presented (this year, from 1 January
2007 - 31 December 2008). Scholarly books and monographs are eligible,
as are English-language translations of scholarly books in the history
of economics, but neither textbooks, doctoral dissertations, nor
edited volumes are eligible

Nomination process:  Any publisher may nominate one or two books and
should submit a nominating note and four copies of the book for each
book nominated.  Any individual, including a book's author, may submit
a nominating note and four copies of the book nominated. Eligible
books may be re-nominated in successive years.  (Individual nominators
may wish to ask the nominee's publisher to supply the copies. Before
nominating a book, individuals may wish to check with the HES
Secretary, to ensure that the book has not already been nominated).

To be considered, nominations (and the four book copies) must be
received no later than December 31, 2008.

Nominations should be submitted to: Tim Leonard
([log in to unmask]), Secretary, History of Economics Society,
Department of Economics, Princeton University, Fisher Hall, Princeton,
NJ, United States, 08544.

The committee is:  Phil Mirowski (chair), David Andrews, Marianne
Johnson, Tiago Mata


Avi Cohen