Nancy Isenberg

Nancy Isenberg
Academic background
Alma materRutgers University,
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsLouisiana State University
Notable works
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

Nancy G. Isenberg (born 1958) is an American historian and T. Harry Williams Professor of history at Louisiana State University.

Life

She graduated from Rutgers University, and University of Wisconsin.[1] In 2017, she wrote the book White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America.

Awards

  • 1999, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) book prize for Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America[1]
  • 2003, First Union International Fellowship, International Center for Jefferson Studies[1]
  • 2003-2004 and 2007–2008, Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society[1]
  • 2008, Award for best non-fiction book for Fallen Founder, Oklahoma Center for the Book[1]
  • 2008, Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography[1]
  • 2016, shared with Lyra Monteiro, Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award, Before Columbus Foundation[1][2]
  • 2016, #4 on Politico Magazine's Annual List of the “50 Most important Thinkers”[1]
  • 2017, LSU Distinguished Research Master Award[1]
  • 2017, Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, Columbia School of Journalism and Nieman Foundation at Harvard University[1]
  • 2017, PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for White Trash

Works

  • Andrew Burstein; Nancy Isenberg (15 January 2013). Madison and Jefferson. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8129-7900-8.
  • Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr. Viking. 2007. ISBN 978-0-670-06352-9.
  • Nancy Isenberg; Andrew Burstein (5 July 2012). Mortal Remains: Death in Early America. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0806-1.
  • Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America. Univ of North Carolina Press. 9 November 2000. ISBN 978-0-8078-6683-2.
  • White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America. Penguin Publishing Group. 21 June 2016. ISBN 978-1-101-60848-7.[3][4][5][6]
  • Andrew Burstein; Nancy Isenberg (2019). The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality. Viking. ISBN 978-0-5255-5750-0.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Nancy Isenberg". www.lsu.edu. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ "2016 American Book Awards Announced! | Before Columbus Foundation". www.beforecolumbusfoundation.com. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. ^ Lozada, Carlos (23 June 2016). ""White Trash" — a cultural and political history of an American underclass". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ^ Sugrue, Thomas J. (24 June 2016). "A Look at America's Long and Troubled History of White Poverty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  5. ^ Lingan, John (21 June 2016). "America's Long, Rich History of Trashing Poor Whites — Pacific Standard". Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  6. ^ "The White-Minstrel-Show Version of History". National Review. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.


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