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Oregon Book Awards - Nonfiction

The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually for the finest accomplishments by Oregon
writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers
literature.

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2012	Imperial Japan at its zenith : the wartime celebration of the empire's 2,600th anniversary Ruoff, Kenneth J. (Kenneth James), 1966- Ruoff (history, Portland State U.) examines public ceremony surrounding Japan's commemoration of the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of its empire to analyze the state of Japanese political identity in 1940 at the beginning of the wider war in the Pacific. Discussing in detail the celebrations, advertising campaigns, song contests and historical tourism promoted by the government, Ruoff argues that the celebration of the ancient events was not a manifestation of backward looking nostalgia but rather an exercise in identity building through "reactionary modernism" similar to efforts undertaken in fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.

2011	Savages and scoundrels : the untold story of America's road to empire through Indian Territory VanDevelder, Paul. What really happened in the early days of our nation? How was it possible for white settlers to march across the entire continent, inexorably claiming Native American lands for themselves? Who made it happen, and why? This gripping book tells America’s story from a new perspective, chronicling the adventures of our forefathers and showing how a legacy of repeated betrayals became the bedrock on which the republic was built.

2009/2010	Hiding man : a biography of Donald Barthelme Daugherty, Tracy.

2008	One night in America : Robert Kennedy, César Chávez, and the dream of dignity Bender, Steven.

2007	Democracy reborn : the Fourteenth Amendment and the fight for equal rights in post-Civil War America Epps, Garrett. New York : Henry Holt, 2006.

2006	Modern passings : death rites, politics, and social change in Imperial Japan Bernstein, Andrew, 1968- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2006.

2005	Plague and fire : battling black death and the 1900 burning of Honolulu's Chinatown Mohr, James C. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

2004	Portland : people, politics, and power, 1851-2001 Lansing, Jewel Beck. Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, c2003, 2005.

2003	Dispatches and dictators : Ralph Barnes for the Herald Tribune Mahoney, Barbara S. Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2002.

2002	My wars are laid away in books : the life of Emily Dickinson Habegger, Alfred. New York : Random House, c2001.

2001	When broken glass floats : growing up under the Khmer Rouge : a memoir Him, Chanrithy, 1965- New York : W.W. Norton, c2000.

2000	The night gardener Sandor, Marjorie. New York, N.Y. : Lyons Press, c1999.

1999	The left hand of Eden : meditations on nature and human nature Ashworth, William, 1942- Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 1999.

1998	Making it home Nordstrom, Lars, 1954- Portland, OR : Prescott Street Press, c1997.

1997	Looking after : a son's memoir Daniel, John, 1948- Washington, DC : Counterpoint, 1996.

1996	Volcano Hongo, Garrett

1995	Voyage of a summer sun : canoeing the Columbia River Cody, Robin, 1943- New York : Knopf, 1995.

1994	Stubborn twig : three generations in the life of a Japanese American family Kessler, Lauren. New York : Plume, 1994.

1993	The trail home : nature, imagination, and the American West Daniel, John, 1948- New York : Pantheon Books, c1994.

1992	No Duty to Retreat Brown, Richard M.

1991	Wings for My Flight Houle, Marcy Cottrell

1991	My Country, My Right to Serve Humphrey, Mary Ann

1990	Baja Journey Carey, Robin

1989	A Golden Journey Cressman, Luther S.

1988	Faces of a reservation Stowell, Cynthia D., 1951- Portland, Or. : Oregon Historical Society Press, 1987.

1987	Artic Dreams Lopez, Barry

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