Midwest Sociological Society Distinguished Book Award

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2018     Engines of anxiety : academic rankings, reputation, and accountability by Wendy Espeland and Michael Sauder; honorable mention: Connecting in college : how friendship networks matter for academic and social success by Janice McCabe
2017     Culling the masses : the democratic origins of racist immigration policy in the Americas
2016     Chicago hustle and flow : gangs, gangsta rap, and social class by Geoff Harkness
2015     Blue juice : euthanasia in veterinary medicine by Dr. Patricia Morris
2014     Lincoln, Inc. : selling the sixteenth president in contemporary America by Jackie Hogan
2013     The paradox of youth violence by J. William "Jack" Spencer; honorable mention: The tender cut : inside the hidden world of self-injury by Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler
2012     Behind the backlash : Muslim Americans after 9/11 by Lori Peek
2011     Counted out : same-sex relations and Americans' definitions of family by Brian Powell, Catherine Bolzendahl, Claudia Geist, and Lala Carr Steelman
2010     Deliverance and submission : evangelical women and the negotiation of patriarchy in South Korea by Kelly Chong
2009     Wannabes, goths, and Christians : the boundaries of sex, style, and status by Amy Wilkins; and Postindustrial peasants : the illusion of middle-class prosperity by Kevin Leicht and Scott Fitzgerald
2008     Black intimacies : a gender perspective on families and relationships by Shirley A. Hill