Professor Robert D. Johnston
University of Illinois at Chicago
Selected works of Professor Johnston
The Radical Middle Class: Populist Democracy and The Question of Capitalism in Progressive Era Portland, Oregon (Princeton University Press, 2003)
“Vaccine Resistance and History in the Land of Liberty,” editorial, American Journal of Public Health, 112 (February 2022), 227-228
“Long Live Teddy/Death to Woodrow: The Polarized Politics of The Progressive Era in the 2012 Election,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 13(July 2014), 411-443
2021.14: The Dangers of Populism with Dr. Fiona Hill (The Politics Classroom episode)
Union-related links
UIC United Faculty Local 6456, IFT-AFT, AAUP, AFL-CIO (union representing most* full-time faculty at UIC
Writings and authors mentioned by Professor Johnson
The Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson (Penguin Random House, 1966)
The 1619 Project, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine (book)
Professor Charles Postel
Roots of Reform: Farmers, Workers, and the American State, 1877-1917 by Elizabeth Sanders (University of Chicago Press, 1999)
The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter (Penguin Random House, paperback, 1960)
Professor Johnston's "Defense" of Richard Hofstadter
The Tolerant Populists: Kansas Populism and Nativism, 2nd ed. by Walter Nugent (University of Chicago Press, 2013)
Professor Jeffrey Ostler
Professor Laura Grattan
Information about Oregon's eugenic-sterilization law
Primary sources referenced
Declaration of Independence (1776) - Based on conspiracy theories?
Historical Figures
* Not including those in the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, or the School of Law