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The General History Prize ($15,000) is for a major work of non-fiction, published in book or ebook form, on international history that is of national or international significance. 

2019 Winner and Shortlist

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

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The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly by Ian D Gow and Stuart Kells

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Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform by Marilyn Lake

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Intolerant Bodies: A Short History of Autoimmunity by Warwick Anderson and Ian R Mackay
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