Robert D Johnston
Biographic Data
| ID | 973906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert D Johnston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert D |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnston |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSTON R D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor of history and the director of the Teaching of History Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2587-0606 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 7 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Politics of Today's Culture War over History Teaching
Introduction
Where the Action Is
When was the last time your department had a substantial, much less multimeeting, discussion of curriculum reform?Even though history, and the humanities, are under national assault from administrators and politicians, our sense is that few departments spend much time on what is, arguably, their most important collective activity.Of all the work that drives history faculty to convene in that most cherished of institutions-the department meeting-c…
Introduction
No description supplied
Democracy and the Teaching of History in Our Perilous Moment
Vaccine Resistance and History in the Land of Liberty
Thinking beyond the Essay
Peculiar Partners
The Historic Landscape of the Mendip Hills, By Elaine Jamieson, with contributions by Barry Jones, Graham Brown, Olivia Horsfall Turner, and Gary Winter
(2018). The Historic Landscape of the Mendip Hills, By Elaine Jamieson, with contributions by Barry Jones, Graham Brown, Olivia Horsfall Turner, and Gary Winter. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 175, No. 2, pp. 423-425
The Making of the Middle Class
Book Review| September 01 2014 The Making of the Middle Class: Toward a Transnational History The Making of the Middle Class: Toward a Transnational History. López, A. Ricardo and Weinstein, Barbara, eds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012xi + 446 pp., $99.95 (cloth); $27.95 (paper) Robert D. Johnston Robert D. Johnston Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2014) 11 (3): 127–129. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2…
The Radical Middle Class
America has a long tradition of middle-class radicalism, albeit one that intellectual orthodoxy has tended to obscure. The Radical Middle Class seeks to uncover the democratic, populist, and even anticapitalist legacy of the middle class. By examining in particular the independent small business sector or petite bourgeoisie, using Progressive Era Portland, Oregon, as a case study, Robert Johnston shows that class still matters in America. But it …
The Madison Moment
One of the most significant episodes in recent labor history, the events in Madison, Wisconsin, during the winter of 2011 also proved to be a critical moment for labor historians. This essay explores the various ways that labor historians served as public intellectuals—explaining, interpreting, and advocating for the movement against Governor Scott Walker's assault on public-employee collective bargaining. Although I conclude that most scholars d…
Transcending Capitalism
Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought." , 34(1), pp. 108–109
Ruling America
Book Review| May 01 2008 Ruling America: A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy Ruling America: A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle, eds. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005 vii + 384 pp., $45.00 (cloth); $20.00 (paper) Robert D. Johnston Robert D. Johnston Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2008) 5 (2): 147–149. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2007-092 Cite Icon C…
The Radical Middle Class
The Politics of Healing
Robert D. Johnston, Introduction: Politics of PRECURSORS: THE YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS Nadav Davidovitch, Negotiating Dissent: and Anti-Vaccinationism at the Turn of the 20th Anne Taylor Kirschmann, Making Friends for 'Pure' Homeopathy: Hahnemannians and the Twentieth-Century Preservation and Transformation of Homeopathy Barbara Clow, Revisiting the 'Golden Age' of Regular Medicine: Politics of Alternative Cancer Care in Ontario, 1900-1950 Michael…
Politics of Healing
The Radical Middle Class
Journal Article The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon Get access The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon. By Johnston Robert D.. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. xxiii + 394 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendixes, notes, index. $35.00, £24.95.) Greg Hall Greg Hall Western Illinois University S…
The Middling Sorts
Building on the idea that cultural formations as well as economic conditions “make” class, this volume's essays focus less on occupations than on the material world of consumption, cultural institutions, and leisure time. The introduction by the co-editor Burton J. Bledstein and finely textured essays by two senior scholars—Joyce Appleby and Bruce Laurie— set the stage for the history of middle-class formation in the early nineteenth century. But…
The Countryside in the Age of the Modern State
The Countryside in the Age of the Modern State: Political Histories of Rural America The Countryside in the Age of the Modern State: Political Histories of Rural America. Edited by Stock Catherine McNicol Johnston Robert D.. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. xii + 335 pp. Notes, index. $45.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.) Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Iowa State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic G…
Beyond ‘The West’
Wayne Morse
Journal Article Wayne Morse: A Political Biography Get access Wayne Morse: A Political Biography. By Drukman Mason. (Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1997. 545 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Robert D. Johnston Robert D. Johnston Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 3, Autumn 1998, Pages 407–408, https://doi.org/10.…
The Middling Sorts
Building on the idea that cultural formations as well as economic conditions “make” class, this volume's essays focus less on occupations than on the material world of consumption, cultural institutions, and leisure time. The introduction by the co-editor Burton J. Bledstein and finely textured essays by two senior scholars—Joyce Appleby and Bruce Laurie— set the stage for the history of middle-class formation in the early nineteenth century. But…
Beyond ‘The West’
Beyond ‘The West’
Wayne Morse
Journal Article Wayne Morse: A Political Biography Get access Wayne Morse: A Political Biography. By Drukman Mason. (Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1997. 545 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Robert D. Johnston Robert D. Johnston Yale University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, Issue 3, Autumn 1998, Pages 407–408, https://doi.org/10.…
The Middling Sorts
Building on the idea that cultural formations as well as economic conditions “make” class, this volume's essays focus less on occupations than on the material world of consumption, cultural institutions, and leisure time. The introduction by the co-editor Burton J. Bledstein and finely textured essays by two senior scholars—Joyce Appleby and Bruce Laurie— set the stage for the history of middle-class formation in the early nineteenth century. But…
The Countryside in the Age of the Modern State
The Countryside in the Age of the Modern State: Political Histories of Rural America The Countryside in the Age of the Modern State: Political Histories of Rural America. Edited by Stock Catherine McNicol Johnston Robert D.. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. xii + 335 pp. Notes, index. $45.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.) Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Iowa State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic G…
The Politics of Healing
Robert D. Johnston, Introduction: Politics of PRECURSORS: THE YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS Nadav Davidovitch, Negotiating Dissent: and Anti-Vaccinationism at the Turn of the 20th Anne Taylor Kirschmann, Making Friends for 'Pure' Homeopathy: Hahnemannians and the Twentieth-Century Preservation and Transformation of Homeopathy Barbara Clow, Revisiting the 'Golden Age' of Regular Medicine: Politics of Alternative Cancer Care in Ontario, 1900-1950 Michael…
Politics of Healing
The Radical Middle Class
Journal Article The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon Get access The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and the Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon. By Johnston Robert D.. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. xxiii + 394 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendixes, notes, index. $35.00, £24.95.) Greg Hall Greg Hall Western Illinois University S…
The Radical Middle Class
Ruling America
Book Review| May 01 2008 Ruling America: A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy Ruling America: A History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy Steve Fraser and Gary Gerstle, eds. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005 vii + 384 pp., $45.00 (cloth); $20.00 (paper) Robert D. Johnston Robert D. Johnston Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2008) 5 (2): 147–149. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2007-092 Cite Icon C…
Transcending Capitalism
Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought." , 34(1), pp. 108–109
The Madison Moment
One of the most significant episodes in recent labor history, the events in Madison, Wisconsin, during the winter of 2011 also proved to be a critical moment for labor historians. This essay explores the various ways that labor historians served as public intellectuals—explaining, interpreting, and advocating for the movement against Governor Scott Walker's assault on public-employee collective bargaining. Although I conclude that most scholars d…
The Radical Middle Class
America has a long tradition of middle-class radicalism, albeit one that intellectual orthodoxy has tended to obscure. The Radical Middle Class seeks to uncover the democratic, populist, and even anticapitalist legacy of the middle class. By examining in particular the independent small business sector or petite bourgeoisie, using Progressive Era Portland, Oregon, as a case study, Robert Johnston shows that class still matters in America. But it …
The Making of the Middle Class
Book Review| September 01 2014 The Making of the Middle Class: Toward a Transnational History The Making of the Middle Class: Toward a Transnational History. López, A. Ricardo and Weinstein, Barbara, eds. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012xi + 446 pp., $99.95 (cloth); $27.95 (paper) Robert D. Johnston Robert D. Johnston Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2014) 11 (3): 127–129. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2…
The Historic Landscape of the Mendip Hills, By Elaine Jamieson, with contributions by Barry Jones, Graham Brown, Olivia Horsfall Turner, and Gary Winter
(2018). The Historic Landscape of the Mendip Hills, By Elaine Jamieson, with contributions by Barry Jones, Graham Brown, Olivia Horsfall Turner, and Gary Winter. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 175, No. 2, pp. 423-425
Peculiar Partners
Thinking beyond the Essay
Democracy and the Teaching of History in Our Perilous Moment
Vaccine Resistance and History in the Land of Liberty
Introduction
No description supplied
Where the Action Is
When was the last time your department had a substantial, much less multimeeting, discussion of curriculum reform?Even though history, and the humanities, are under national assault from administrators and politicians, our sense is that few departments spend much time on what is, arguably, their most important collective activity.Of all the work that drives history faculty to convene in that most cherished of institutions-the department meeting-c…
Introduction
The Politics of Today's Culture War over History Teaching
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