White Trash

The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

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Author:

Isenberg, Nancy

Narrated by:

Potter, Kirsten

ISBN:

978-1-5159-0544-8

Publication Date:

Jun 2016

Publisher:

Tantor Media, Incorporated

Imprint:

Tantor Audio

Book Format:

CD-Audio

List Price:

USD $44.99

Book Description:

In her groundbreaking history of the class system in America, extending from colonial times to the present, Nancy Isenberg takes on our comforting myths about equality, uncovering the crucial legacy of the ever-present, always embarrassing-if occasionally entertaining-poor white trash.

Book Details

Detailed Subjects:	History / United States / General Social Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6.4 x 5.3 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:	0.7 Pounds

Author Biography

Isenberg, Nancy (Author)

Nancy Isenberg received her Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990. She is the T. Harry Williams Professor of History at Louisiana State University.

She is the author of Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America; Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr (winner of the 2008 Oklahoma Book Award for non-fiction); Madison and Jefferson, co-authored with Andrew Burstein, was named one of the top five non-fiction titles of 2010 by Kirkus; and White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America, which is a 2016 New York Times Bestseller.

She has been featured on C-SPAN2 "Book TV," and on various NPR programs. She and Andrew Burstein are regular contributors to Salon.com.

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