2011 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner

Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary War
Maya Jasanoff
A global history of the post-Revolutionary War exodus of 60,000 Americans loyal to the British Empire to such regions as Canada, India and Sierra Leone traces the experiences of specific individuals while challenging popular conceptions about the founding …
2011 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist

A World on Fire: Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil War
Amanda Foreman

Pulphead: Essays
John Jeremiah Sullivan

The Information
James Gleick
