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
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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