For a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
The Social Transformation Of American Medicine , by Paul Starr (Basic Books )
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in General Nonfiction in 1984:
The Jury
The Jury
Robert Coles(Chair)*
Research Psychiatrist, Harvard University
Brigitte Weeks
Editor, Book World, The Washington Post
George Core
Editor, Sewanee Review
Henry Kisor
Book Editor, Chicago Sun-Times
Winners in General Nonfiction
1984 Prize Winners
Paul Goldberger
For architectural criticism.