Publications

The Harvey Goldberg Series

The Harvey Goldberg Series for Understanding and Teaching History is designed to give instructors — both in higher education and at the secondary level — a deeper understanding of the past as well as the tools to help them teach it creatively and effectively. Each volume from the University of Wisconsin Press focuses on a specific historical topic and offers a wealth of content and resources, providing concrete examples of how teachers can approach the subject in the classroom.

Understanding and Teaching Modern Latin America. Edited by Sharika D. Crawford and Kari E. Zimmerman. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2026.

“This thoughtful and carefully produced book presents the challenges and promises of teaching Latin American history to a predominantly US audience of students.” — Jacob Blanc, McGill University

This volume comprises an introduction and sixteen chapters divided into three parts, including a reflection from a senior professor about the ways in which teaching Latin American history have changed over the past few decades, as public calls to internationalize high school and college students have led to the growth of world history courses. Chapters explore a wide range of themes—including slavery, revolution, race, labor, gender, and the environment. This volume also offers innovative and practical teaching strategies, from using maps to incorporating food, to enrich any curriculum.

Understanding and Teaching Native American History. Edited by Kristofer Ray and Brady DeSanti. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2022.

“From broad concepts to helpful, concrete suggestions, these essays make it easier for everyone to engage with Indigenous history.” — Malinda Maynor Lowery, Emory University

While the past three decades have seen burgeoning scholarship in Indigenous studies, comparatively little of that has trickled into classrooms. This volume is designed to help teachers effectively integrate Indigenous history and culture into their lessons, providing richly researched content and resources across the chronological and geographical landscape of what is now known as North America.

Understanding and Teaching American Slavery. Edited by Bethany Jay and Cynthia Lynn Lyerly. Foreword by Ira Berlin. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2016.

“A substantial contribution. Appropriate for instructors at both the college and secondary school levels, this book provides ample background information and practical classroom activities along with advice on pedagogy.” — Nicholas J. Aieta, recipient of the American Historical Association’s Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award

American slavery is an essential part of any history education, and yet it remains one of the hardest subjects to teach. Teachers at all levels grapple with the complexity of the institution, its brutal traits and, most of all, its legacy of racism. This book provides vital insights and concrete strategies for teachers at every level and will dramatically improve the way that American slavery is taught.

Understanding and Teaching U.S. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender History. Edited by Leila J. Rupp and Susan K. Freeman. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014.

WINNER – Anthology, 2015 Lambda Literary Awards
Best Special Interest Book, American Association of School Librarians
A Choice Outstanding Academic Book

Teachers in diverse educational settings provide narratives of their experiences teaching queer history. A topical section offers seventeen essays on such themes as sexual diversity in early America, industrial capitalism and emergent sexual cultures, and gay men and lesbians in World War II. Contributors include detailed suggestions for integrating these topics into a standard U.S. history curriculum, including creative and effective assignments. A final section addresses sources and interpretive strategies well suited to the history classroom.

Understanding and Teaching the Vietnam War. Edited by John Day Tully, Matthew Masur, and Brad Austin. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2013.
HONORABLE MENTION — Franklin Buchanan Prize, Association for Asian Studies and the Committee for Teaching About Asia

“This collection makes good on what it sets out to do: help high school and college teachers think about understanding and teaching the Vietnam War in new and innovative ways. There is a clear need for this kind of hands-on volume.” — Mark Philip Bradley, Yale University

An introductory section features essays by eminent Vietnam War scholars George Herring and Marilyn Young, who reflect on teaching developments since their first pioneering classes on the Vietnam War in the early 1970s. A methods section includes essays that address specific methods and materials and discuss the use of music and film, the White House tapes, oral histories, the Internet, and other multimedia to infuse fresh and innovative dimensions to teaching the war. Every essay in the volume offers classroom-tested pedagogical strategies and detailed practical advice.

Works of Harvey Goldberg

The Life of Jean Jaurès. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1962. Reprint available from UW Press.
Editor with Georges Haupt and Marc Lagana. Une vie révolutionnaire, 1883-1940 : les mémoires de Charles Rappoport. Paris: Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, 1991.
“Jaurès et Rappoport.” Mouvement Social 73 (1970): 3-20.
French Colonialism: Progress or Poverty? New York: Rinehart, 1959.
“Jean Jaurès and the Jewish Question: The Evolution of a Position.” Jewish Social Studies 20, no. 2 (1958): 67-94.
Editor. American Radicals: Some Problems and Personalities. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1957.
“Jaurès and the Formation of a Socialist Peasant Policy, 1885-1898.” International Review of Social History 2, no.3 (1957): 372-91.
“French Socialism and the Congress of London, 1896.” The Historian 19, no. 4 (1956-57): 402-24.