Volume 1
Best Book in the Humanities, Association of American Publishers, 1987
Volume 2.1
R. R. Hawkins Award for Best Scholarly Book, Association of American Publishers, 1992Â (from among more than 320 nominees in over 20 fields)
Volume 2.3
Honorable Mention, Geography and Earth Sciences, Association of American Publishers
James Henry Breasted Prize, American Historical Association, 1999
Volume 3
H. W. Wilson Award for Excellence in Indexing, American Society of Indexing, 2008