The Great Power of Small Nations: Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South by Elizabeth Ellis was awarded the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize by the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR). Elizabeth Ellis is Associate Professor of History.

The James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize is named for the individual most responsible for the creation of SHEAR as an academic organization. The prize is awarded annually to the best “first book” by a new author published in the previous calendar year and dealing with any aspect of the history of the early American republic.