Nancy Isenberg Explained

Nationality:	American
Discipline:	History
Alma Mater:	Rutgers University, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Workplaces:	Louisiana 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
• 2003, First Union International Fellowship, International Center for Jefferson Studies
• 2003-2004 and 2007–2008, Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society
• 2008, Award for best non-fiction book for Fallen Founder, Oklahoma Center for the Book
• 2008, Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography
• 2016, shared with Lyra Monteiro, Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award, Before Columbus Foundation^[2]
• 2016, #4 on Politico Magazine's Annual List of the “50 Most important Thinkers”
• 2017, LSU Distinguished Research Master Award
• 2017, Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, Columbia School of Journalism and Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
• 2017, PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for White Trash

Works

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nancy Isenberg. www.lsu.edu. 2019-03-02.
2. Web site: 2016 American Book Awards Announced! Before Columbus Foundation. 15 August 2016. www.beforecolumbusfoundation.com. en. 24 November 2018.
3. News: "White Trash" — a cultural and political history of an American underclass. Lozada. Carlos. 2016-06-23. The Washington Post. en-US. 0190-8286. 2016-08-21.
4. News: A Look at America’s Long and Troubled History of White Poverty. Sugrue. Thomas J.. 2016-06-24. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 2016-08-21.
5. Web site: America’s Long, Rich History of Trashing Poor Whites — Pacific Standard. Lingan. John. 2016-06-21. 2016-08-21.
6. Web site: The White-Minstrel-Show Version of History. National Review. 2016-08-21.