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. In 2017, she wrote the book White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America.
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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 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
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