Bryan W. Nicholson, Urbana, $2,300
"The Price of Americanism: Youth, U.S. Nationalism, and the American League, 1935-1970."

Will Cooley, Urbana, $2,860
"Holding the Line: Status, Race, and the Middle Class on Chicago's Southside, 1945-1983."

Joshua A. T. Salzmann, Oak Park, $3,000
"Safe Harbor: Chicago's Waterfront and the Political Economy of the Built Environment, 1877-1916."

Thomas W. Bahde, Ellensburg, Washington, $3,000
"Race and Justice in the Heartland: Three Nineteenth-Century Lives."

John Reda, Park Ridge, Illinois, $3,000
"Joining the Union: Land, Race, and Sovereignty in the Illinois Country, 1763-1824."