Table of contents : PREFACE Dedication CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION SELECTIONS FROM AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES REMARKS ABOUT THE SELECTIONS CRITERIA 1962 AWARD: ABOUT THE U. S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1960 1963 AWARD: ABOUT THE EARLY STAGES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1964 AWARD ABOUT THE ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM IN AMERICAN LIFE 1965 AWARD: ABOUT THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE AMERICAN CULTURE 1966 AWARD: ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF A NATURALIST 1967 AWARD: ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF SLAVERY IN WESTERN CULTURE 1968 AWARD: ABOUT THE UPCOMMING OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1969 a AWARD: ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF PESSIMISM IN AMERICA 1969 b AWARD: ABOUT THE ANTI-VIETNAM WAR MOVEMENT IN THE U.S 1970 AWARD: ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF GANDHI’S MILITANT NONVIOLENCE 1971 AWARD: ABOUT THE DECLINE AND END OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE 1972 AWARD: ABOUT THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN CHINA SINCE 1911 1973 a AWARD: ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE U.S. URBAN POOR 1973 b AWARD: ABOUT THE INHABITANTS AND THE AMERICANS IN VIETNAM 1974 AWARD: ABOUT THE DENIAL OF DEATH BY HUMAN BEINGS 1975 AWARD: ABOUT THE MEMORIES OF A VALLEY IN VIRGINIA 1976 AWARD: ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF OLD AGE IN AMERICA 1977 AWARD: ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA 1978 AWARD: ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN BEINGS 1979 AWARD: ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN NATURE 1980 AWARD: ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF NEW FORMAL SYSTEMS 1981 AWARD: ABOUT THE FIN-DE-SlÈCLE CITY OF VIENNA 1982 AWARD: ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS 1983 AWARD: ABOUT THE CREEDMOOR PSYCHIATRIC CENTER IN QUEENS 1984 AWARD: ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN MEDICINE 1985 AWARD: ABOUT THE ORAL HISTORY OF WORLD WAR TWO 1986 a AWARD: ABOUT THE MANY AND TROUBLED PEOPLES OF SOUTH AFRICA 1986 b AWARD: ABOUT THE INFLUENTIAL POLITICIANS FROM BOSTON 1987 AWARD: ABOUT THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN ARABS AND JEWS 1988 AWARD: ABOUT THE PIONEERS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB 1989 AWARD: ABOUT THE BACKGROUND SZENES OF THE VIETNAM WAR 1990 AWARD: ABOUT THE RISE AND FALL OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY 1991 AWARD: ABOUT THE TERRESTRIAL WORLD’S PREMIER SOIL TURNER 1992 AWARD: ABOUT THE OIL POLICY AND THE WORLD ECONOMY 1993 AWARD: ABOUT THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN WINNERS OF THE GENERAL NON-FICTION AWARD, 1994–2004 INDEX