Nancy Isenberg
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Alma materRutgers University,
University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsLouisiana State University
Notable worksWhite Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Nancy Isenberg | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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
