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April 5, 2000

2000 Bancroft Prize

Faculty of Columbia University presented the 2000 Bancroft Prize to this years recipients. The winners gave brief descriptions of their books as well as discussed other topics relating to their own books and other recently published literature.

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John W. Dower Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology->History
Eric Foner Professor Columbia University->History

Linda Gordon Professor New York University->History Department
James Merrell Author
George Rupp President Columbia University
Elaine Sloane Librarian Columbia University

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Columbia UniversityColumbia University

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Book TV

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Program ID:: 156411-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Ceremony
Location:: New York, New York, United States
First Aired:: Apr 15, 2000 | 5:58pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Apr 17, 2000 | 4:24am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Apr 15, 2000 | 5:58pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Apr 16, 2000 | 9:05pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Apr 17, 2000 | 4:24am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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