Thomas F. McGann Memorial Award for Best Book
Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies
Levenson Book Prize for Modern China
Association for Asian Studies
Samuel Beer Prize
The American Political Science Association
Southwest Book Award
BRLA: Border Regional Library Association
Barbara and George Perkins Prize for the best book on narrative in 1998
Society for the Study of Narrative Literature
Paul Bunge Prize
Hans R. Jenemann Foundation/German Chemical Society