Robert Alan Goldberg

Robert Alan Goldberg (born August 16, 1949) is an American historian. He teaches at the University of Utah and has written several books as well as articles and papers.

Goldberg was born in New York City on August 16, 1949.[1] He studied history at Arizona State University, and completed a doctorate in history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2] He began teaching in 1977 as an assistant history professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.[1] The University of Utah, where he has taught since 1980,[1] has a collection of his papers.[3]

In 2019, he sought the removal of a swastika from a German P.O.W.'s gravemarker in Utah.[4]

Elliott West described his book on the rise an fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado as sophisticated and well written noting it uses case studies to cover the subject.[5] Publishers Weekly described his book on Barry Goldwater as well balanced and solid.[6] A review in the Great Plains Quarterly describes his book on the Colorado Klan an interesting profile with fascinating detail.[7]

He has also written about social movements[8] conspiracies,[9] Barry Goldwater, and Jewish farmers in Clarion, Utah and the American West.

Bibliography
  • Enemies Within: The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America, Yale University Press (2001)[10]
  • American views : documents in American history (1998)
  • Barry Goldwater, Yale University Press (1995)
  • Grassroots Resistance: Social Movements in Twentieth Century America (1991)
  • Back to the Soil: The Jewish Farmers of Clarion, Utah, and Their World (1986)
  • Shooting in the dark : recovering the Jewish farmers of an American Zion (1983)[11]
  • Hooded Empire: The Klu Klux Klan in Colorado (1977)

References
  1. "Goldberg, Robert Alan 1949- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
  2. "Robert A. Goldberg". Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. "Archives West: Robert Alan Goldberg papers, 1880-2019". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
  4. "Robert A. Goldberg: A symbol of hate sits in our own backyard". The Salt Lake Tribune.
  5. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-history-review/article/hooded-empire-the-ku-klux-klan-in-colorado-by-robert-alan-goldberg-urbana-university-of-illinois-press-1981-pp-xv-255-1350/D3056128F0BF506691C000DFBB636665
  6. "Nonfiction Book Review: Barry Goldwater by Robert Alan Goldberg, Author Yale University Press $24 (478p) ISBN 978-0-300-06261-8". PublishersWeekly.com.
  7. Larson, Robert (January 1, 1983). "Review of Hooded Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Colorado By Robert Alan Goldberg". Great Plains Quarterly.
  8. Goldberg, Robert Alan (January 1, 2005). "Pathways to Prohibition: Radicals, Moderates, and Social Movement Outcomes". Contemporary Sociology. 34 (1): 45–46. doi:10.1177/009430610503400129 – via SAGE Journals.
  9. Goldberg, Robert Alan (October 1, 2008). "Enemies Within: The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America". Yale University Press – via Google Books.
  10. "Enemies Within | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu.
  11. "Goldberg, Robert Alan 1949- [WorldCat Identities]".
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