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*WINNER OF THE 2024 LAWRENCE W. LEVINE AWARD FOR BEST BOOK IN AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY - PRESENTED BY THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS

*WINNER OF THE 2024 RAY AND PAT BROWNE AWARD FOR BEST SINGLE WORK IN POPULAR CULTURE AND AMERICAN CULTURE, PRESENTED BY THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION

“An excellent account of the toy industry’s interaction with the political movements of the 1960s and 1970s.”
— Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post
“A readable and riveting narrative of a formative era of the 1960s.... Recommended.”
— Choice Reviews
“Goldberg has fashioned an important and enlightening study.”
— Howard P. Chudacoff, Brown University, author of Children at Play
“Eminently readable.”
— Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author and activist
“Deeply researched and engagingly written.”
— Colin Fanning, Philadelphia Museum of Art
“Rob Goldberg tells terrific stories...”
— Meredith Bak, Rutgers University, author of Playful Visions

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ABOUT ROB GOLDBERG

Dr. Rob Goldberg is an award-winning author, historian, and educator. He holds a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Pennsylvania. He is Head of the History Department at Germantown Friends School.

Rob’s work has been featured or cited in numerous publications including The New Yorker, New York Times, and Sweet July, and his writing has been published in Ms. magazine and the Los Angeles Times. Recent guest appearances include WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show and the Playground Podcast with Chris Byrne.

Rob has also appeared on TV and film documentaries, including the History Channel series The Toys That Built America and Barbie Uncovered.

Rob loves to share his research on the social history of toys. He has been a guest speaker at numerous museums and universities— including the Strong Museum of Play, Houston Toy Museum, University of Pennylvania, Rutgers University, UC-San Diego, University of Houston, Bard Graduate Center, and the Center for Material Culture Studies at University of Delaware. He is available for group talks and workshops on toy history for K-12 students, as well as for teachers who wish to bring toy sources into the U.S. History curriculum.

To contact Rob, click here. On Instagram he is @toyhistorian. More of his work can be found at Linktree.