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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T16:30:00.012Z",
  "site": "https://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com",
  "tags": [
    "2026 award winners",
    "Ellis W. Hawley Prize",
    "Disparate Regimes: Nativist Politics, Alienage Law, and Citizenship Rights in the United States, 1865–1965",
    "John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law"
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  "textContent": "The **Organization of American Historians** has announced its 2026 award winners, and among them is **Brendan A. Shanahan** (Yale University). He won the **Ellis W. Hawley Prize** for his book ** _Disparate Regimes: Nativist Politics, Alienage Law, and Citizenship Rights in the United States, 1865–1965_** (Oxford University Press, 2025). This prize \"is given annually by the . . . to the author of the best book-length historical study of the political economy, politics, or institutions of the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present.\"\n\nAn Honorable Mention went to **Beth Lew-Williams**(Princeton University) for **_John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life under American Racial Law_** (Harvard University Press, 2025).\n\n-- Karen Tani",
  "title": "OAH Ellis Hawley Prize to Shanahan for \"Disparate Regimes\"",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-07T16:30:00.114Z"
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