The American Historical Association recognizes a wide variety of distinguished historical work, which can take the form of an exceptional book in the field, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, film, or digital projects and resources. Below are links to recent recipients of selected awards.
Awarded annually to the best book dealing with global or world-scale history.
Empire of Guns: the Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution by Given annually for the best book in English on the history of the United States, Latin America, or Canada from 1492 to the present.
Cigarettes, Inc.: an intimate history of corporate imperialism by 
Annals of Native America: how the Nahuas of colonial Mexico kept their history alive by Biennial prize for the best book on any subject pertaining to the history of the United States.
Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson by Awarded annually to the best book published in English focusing on Latin America, including the Caribbean.
Awarded annually for the book in women's history and/or feminist theory that best reflects the high intellectual and scholarly ideals exemplified by the life and work of Joan Kelly.
Bound in Wedlock: slave and free Black marriage in the nineteenth century by 
The Devil's Chain: prostitution and social control in partitioned Poland by 
Intimate Communities: wartime healthcare and the birth of modern China, 1937-1945 by 
No Mercy Here : gender, punishment, and the making of Jim Crow modernity by 
The Sexuality of History: modernity and the sapphic, 1565-1830 by 
The Women's Fight: the Civil War's battles for home, freedom, and nation by 
