Rutgers University, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Academic work
Discipline
History
Institutions
Louisiana State University
Notable works
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Nancy G. Isenberg 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] Isenberg is Jewish. 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]
Andrew Burstein; Nancy Isenberg (2019). The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality. Viking.
ISBN978-0-5255-5750-0.