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        1999 award winners topic: Africa, colonial Latin America, and South Asia

        2000 award winners topic: Europe before 1800

        2001 award winners topic: Military history and history of foreign relations

        2002: History of North America before 1900

        2003: Women's History or History of Gender

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      Scholarly Editing in the Digital Age
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      Digital Technology and Historical Scholarship: A Publishing Experiment
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      Gutenberg-e Workshop Sets the Scene
      Second Gutenberg-e Workshop Marks Progress
      Third Gutenberg-e Workshop Sets the Pace
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