Nancy Isenberg
Nancy Isenberg | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | 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 (born 1958) is an American historian, and T. Harry Williams Professor of history at Louisiana State University.
Life
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Nancy Isenberg". www.lsu.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ "2016 American Book Awards Announced! | Before Columbus Foundation". www.beforecolumbusfoundation.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ Lozada, Carlos (2016-06-23). ""White Trash" — a cultural and political history of an American underclass". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ Sugrue, Thomas J. (2016-06-24). "A Look at America's Long and Troubled History of White Poverty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ Lingan, John (2016-06-21). "America's Long, Rich History of Trashing Poor Whites — Pacific Standard". Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ "The White-Minstrel-Show Version of History". National Review. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
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