1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner and Nominees

Black Sea

Neal Ascherson

An acclaimed, award-winning book on a fascinating subject, recently . and updated by the author. Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores and a meditation on Eurasian history, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, h…

Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris

Richard Kluger

Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California

Kevin Starr

Europe: A History

Norman Davies

War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage

Lawrence H. Keeley

William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

Alan Taylor