The awards presentation, hosted by Adam Gopnik, took place May 5, 2010.

Award for Social History

Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope Along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx by Constance Rosenblum (NYU Press)

Award for History

The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: New York's River Festival of 1909 and the Making of a Metropolis by Kathleen Eagen Johnson (Fordham University Press)

Award for Visual History

Mapping New York by Black Dog Publishing

Award for Cultural Anthropology

Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn by Ayala Fader (Princeton University Press)

Award for Architecture

The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929 by Andrew Dolkart (The Johns Hopkins University Press)