Social Science History Association has awarded Bill Rankin the President’s Book Prize

The Social Science History Association has awarded Bill Rankin the President’s Book Prize for After the Map:  Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2016.  The prize is awarded annually for a meritorious first work by an early-career scholar, judged on its scholarly significance, interdisciplinary reach, and methodological innovativeness.  For more information about the book, see http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo22655244.html.