and commended it for advancing the work of the abolitionists in "lifting our moral blindness." AccoladesBury the Chains won the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, the Gold Medal for Nonfiction at the 2005 California Book Awards, the 2006 PEN Center USA Literary Award in the Research Nonfiction category, and the 2006 Lionel Gelber Prize. The book was also a finalist for the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction and long-listed for the 2005 Samuel Johnson Prize (now the Baillie Gifford Prize). Climate change activists According to The New Republic, the book has inspired modern-day climate change activists who see historical analogies between the antislavery and climate change movements. Andrew Hoffman, a scholar of environmental issues, asserted that the climate change campaign requires a drastic and collective change in the public's beliefs to be successful, similar to the challenge and moral dilemma faced by the abolitionists as described in Hochschild's account. A reviewer for the journal Climatic Change wrote that Hochschild's book can give "perspective and inspiration for today's activist." Hochschild has been very pleased by the interest Bury the Chains'' has received from environmental groups, noting that it is crucial for contemporary activists to learn about past movements that were successful. He suggests that the main lessons climate change activists can learn from the British abolitionists are the importance of building coalitions of people from diverse backgrounds and beliefs, and the need for effective campaign messaging. Notes References External links Official Houghton Mifflin Harcourt page Official Pan Macmillan page 2005 non-fiction books Abolitionism in the United Kingdom American history books Non-fiction books about slavery Houghton Mifflin books Macmillan Publishers books