Nancy Isenberg is the author of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, Fallen Founder : The Life of Aaron Burr, and Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America. Her most recent book, written with Andrew Burstein, is The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality. She is the T. Harry Williams Professor of American History at Louisiana State University.
Nancy Isenberg
Life at the Bottom
It’s not just the rich who victimize the poor
by Nancy Isenberg | Wednesday, March 01, 2023
Gene Therapy
A writer’s search for herself in the branches of her family tree
by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, March 28, 2022
Life in the Shadows
The trauma and violence that prop up our economy
by Nancy Isenberg | Thursday, September 02, 2021
Southern Secrets
Three very different women haunted by the past
by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, June 03, 2019
White, Whiteness, Whitewash
The masks we wear in America
by Nancy Isenberg | Tuesday, December 01, 2020
Beneath the Powdered Wig
Reinterpreting the life of our trendiest Founding Father
by Nancy Isenberg | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Making Their Voices Heard
The story behind passage of the 19th Amendment
by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, March 02, 2020
Waking From the Dream
Most Americans assume society is more egalitarian than it is
by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, June 05, 2017
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