CATHLEEN CAHILL Federal Fathers and Mothers: A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869-1933 University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Awards & Distinctions: 2011 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2011 Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award from the University of Arizona 2011 Finalist Weber/Clements Prize for Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America   DEBORAH COHEN Braceros: Migrant Citizens and Transnational Subjects in the Postwar United States and Mexico University of North Carolina Press, 2011.  Awards and Distinctions 2012 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Award in Agricultural History, Agricultural History Society Honorable Mention, CLR James Book Award, Working Class Studies Association 2011 Finalist Weber/Clements Prize for Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America

The $2,500 Weber-Clements Book Prize honors fine writing and original research on the American Southwest. The competition is open to any nonfiction book, including biography, on any aspect of Southwestern life, past or present. The William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies is part of SMU's Dedman College and affiliated with the Department of History. It was created to promote research, publishing, teaching and public programming in a variety of fields related to the American Southwest. For more information about the Center or about the upcoming book prize event, please call (214) 768-3684 or see http://smu.edu/swcenter/BookPrize.htm.