General History Prize 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 The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly by Ian D Gow and Stuart Kells Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform by Marilyn Lake Past years 2018 - General History Prize 2017 - General History Prize 2016 - General History Prize 2015 - General History Prize Show more