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The Uprooted

by Oscar Handlin

Pulitzer Prize · 1952 · Winner
HistoryISBN 9780316343138

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Pulitzer Prize for History1952Winner

About the Author

Oscar Handlin (1915-2011) was an American historian and Harvard professor for over 50 years who pioneered the field of immigration history with his seminal work The Uprooted (1951), which won the 1952 Pulitzer Prize for History, and Boston's Immigrants, 1790–1865 (1941), earning the John H. Dunning Prize. Pulitzer.org. Read more →

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