1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner

Black Sea
Neal Ascherson
An acclaimed, award-winning book on a fascinating subject, recently . and updated by the author. Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores and a meditation on Eurasian history, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, h…
1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Shortlist

Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris
Richard Kluger

Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California
Kevin Starr

Europe: A History
Norman Davies

War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage
Lawrence H. Keeley
