[Tlc] Fwd: FW: "Tearing Apart the Land" wins Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award

[Susan Kepner]

Very good news, indeed.  Susan Kepner


At 19:02 17/09/2009, Michael Montesano wrote:

> >> Subject: Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award
>
> >> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:12:08 -0400
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> >> From: "President, Asia Society" 
> <<mailto:president at asiasoc.org>president at asiasoc.org>
>
> >> September 16, 2009
>
> >> On behalf of the Asia Society and jury co-chairs Carol Gluck and
>
> >> Tommy Koh, it is my great pleasure to inform you that the winner of
>
> >> the 2009 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award is Tearing
>
> >> Apart the Land: Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand. Â
>
> >> Our jury spent many months reading and deliberating over roughly
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> >> 65 excellent book submissions received for the inaugural Asia Society
>
> >> Bernard Schwartz Book Award.  Tearing Apart the Land was selected by
>
> >> our jury of eleven experts across the U.S. and Asia for its superb
>
> >> fieldwork and reporting on this critical part of the world.  The jury
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> >> found the book to offer a significant contribution to our
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> >> understanding of Southeast Asia, Islam, and insurgency and minority
>
> >> movements more broadly.
>
> >> It has long been the mission of the Asia Society to promote
>
> >> understanding among the peoples of Asia and the United States through
>
> >> education, policy, business, arts and culture.  Through this book
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> >> award, we hope to raise public awareness of the changes taking place
>
> >> in Asia and the implications for the wider world.  We couldn’t be
>
> >> more thrilled to honor Tearing Apart the Land for this purpose.
>
>The Asia Society established the first annual Bernard Schwartz Book Award 
>in 2009.  This major international award will recognize nonfiction books 
>that provide outstanding contributions to the understanding of 
>contemporary Asia or U.S.-Asia relations.  In keeping with the Asia 
>Society’s mission, the award is designed to further public awareness of 
>the changes taking place in Asia and the implications for the wider world, 
>and to raise the profile of authors making a meaningful contribution to 
>this dialogue.Â
>
>Books will be evaluated based on their ability to:
>
>• Provide special insights and new perspectives into undeerstanding 
>contemporary Asia or U.S.-Asia relations
>
>• Describe and explain changes taking place in Asia or inn U.S.-Asia 
>relations and the implications for the wider world to a general audience
>
>• Bring forth ideas that make a significant impact on pollicy dialogues 
>relating to the region
>
>An independent jury comprised of experts in the fields of policy, media, 
>academia, cultural affairs, and business will select the winner, who will 
>receive a $20,000 prize and will be honored at a special event at the Asia 
>Society. In addition to the winner, four books will be chosen to receive 
>honorary mentions.
>
>2009 Bernard Schwartz Book Award Finalists
>
>William W. Grimes:
>Currency and Contest in East Asia: The Great Power Politics of Financial 
>Regionalism
>(Cornell University Press)
>
>David M. Lampton:
>The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money, and Minds
>(University of California Press)
>
>Duncan McCargo:
>Tearing Apart the Land: Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand
>(Cornell University Press)
>
>Philip P. Pan:
>Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
>(Simon & Schuster)
>
>Ahmed Rashid:
>Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building 
>in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia
>(Penguin Group USA)
>
>Â
>
>
>
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