Robert Alan Goldberg Explained

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. He has written about social movements,^[1] conspiracies,^[2] Barry Goldwater, and Jewish farmers in Clarion, Utah and the American West.

Goldberg was born in New York City on August 16, 1949.^[3] He studied history at Arizona State University, and completed a doctorate in history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.^[4] He began teaching in 1977 as an assistant history professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.^[3] The University of Utah, where he has taught since 1980,^[3] has a collection of his papers.^[5]

In 2019, he sought the removal of a swastika from a gravemarker in Utah of a German POW.^[6]

Elliott West described his book on the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado as sophisticated and well written, noting it uses case studies to cover the subject.^[7] Publishers Weekly described his book on Barry Goldwater as well balanced and solid.^[8] A review in the Great Plains Quarterly describes his book on the Colorado Klan as an interesting profile with fascinating detail.^[9]

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 Ku Klux Klan in Colorado (1977)

Notes and References

1. Pathways to Prohibition: Radicals, Moderates, and Social Movement Outcomes. Robert Alan. Goldberg. January 1, 2005. Contemporary Sociology. 34. 1. 45–46. 10.1177/009430610503400129. 152087016.
2. Book: Goldberg, Robert Alan. Enemies Within: The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America. October 1, 2008. Yale University Press. 978-0300132946. Google Books.
3. Web site: Goldberg, Robert Alan 1949- | Encyclopedia.com. www.encyclopedia.com.
4. News: Robert A. Goldberg . June 15, 2020.
5. Web site: Archives West: Robert Alan Goldberg papers, 1880-2019. archiveswest.orbiscascade.org.
6. Web site: Robert A. Goldberg: A symbol of hate sits in our own backyard. The Salt Lake Tribune.
7. Hooded Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Colorado. By Robert Alan Goldberg. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1981. Pp. Xv + 255. $13.50.. 10.2307/3114652. 3114652. Business History Review. 56. 3. 451–452. West. Elliot. October 1982 . 153337203 .
8. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: Barry Goldwater by Robert Alan Goldberg, Author Yale University Press $24 (478p) ISBN 978-0-300-06261-8. PublishersWeekly.com.
9. Review of Hooded Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Colorado By Robert Alan Goldberg. Robert. Larson. January 1, 1983. Great Plains Quarterly.
10. Web site: Enemies Within | Yale University Press. yalebooks.yale.edu.
11. Web site: Goldberg, Robert Alan 1949- [WorldCat Identities]].