Nancy G. Isenberg is an American historian, and T. Harry Williams Professor of history at

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Life

She graduated from

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, and

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. Isenberg is jewish.

Awards

* 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

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, 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 The PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award is for U.S. multicultural writers, to "promote works of excellence by writers of all cultural and racial backgrounds and to educate both the public and the media as to the nature of multicultural work. ...

for ''White Trash''

Works

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References

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* * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American historians Historians of the United States Rutgers University alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Tulsa faculty Louisiana State University faculty American Book Award winners {{US-historian-stub