The CHA is proud to announce the books that are shortlisted for this year’s Wallace K. Ferguson prize. (In alphabetical order).
- Eric T. Jennings, Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean. Yale University Press, 2025.
- Felix Cowan, The Kopeck Press: Popular Journalism in Revolutionary Russia, 1908-1918. University of Toronto Press, 2025.
- Joan Judge, The Politics of Common Reading: Vernacular Knowledge and Everyday Technics in China, 1894–1954. University of Chicago Press, 2025.
- Louise E. Walker, Debts Unpaid: Two Centuries of Trouble and Conflict in Mexico’s Economy. Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Yanni Kotsonis, The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism. Princeton University Press, 2025.
Congratulations to all the authors! The winning books will be announced at the CHA’s prize ceremony on June 2, 2026, in Charlottetown, PEI.