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robert sobel wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 early life and career 2 books 3 personal life and death 4 selected bibliography toggle selected bibliography subsection 4 1 fiction 4 2 non fiction 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links toggle the table of contents robert sobel 3 languages مصرى français română edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia american historian 1931 1999 robert sobel sobel in a promotional photo for his publisher born 1931 02 19 february 19 1931 new york city u s died june 2 1999 1999 06 02 aged 68 long beach new york u s occupations writer editor professor years active 1956 1999 spouse carole ritter children 2 academic background education city college of new york bss ma new york university phd academic work discipline business history institutions hofstra university notable works for want of a nail 1973 robert sobel february 19 1931 june 2 1999 was an american professor of history at hofstra university and a prolific writer of business histories during a career spanning more than four decades he authored or co authored more than 50 books and hundreds of articles on american business and finance 1 early life and career edit sobel was born in the bronx he completed his b s s 1951 and m a 1952 at city college of new york and after serving in the u s army obtained a ph d from new york university in 1957 1 he began teaching at hofstra university in 1956 and remained on its faculty for 43 years eventually becoming lawrence stessin distinguished professor of business history 2 books edit sobel s first business history published in 1965 was the big board a history of the new york stock market the first history of the stock market written in over a generation 3 the book s commercial and critical success launched his writing career 3 reviewing the last bull market wall street in the 1960s 1980 andrew tobias wrote in the new york times that reading sobel was as though you are walking through a historical theme park with this engaging man at your side pointing out the sights 1 most of sobel s books were written for a general audience his colleague george david smith a professor of economic history at new york university noted that sobel was undisturbed when some academic writers characterized him as a popularizer quite the contrary he saw that as his mission in life 1 from 1972 to 1988 his weekly investment column knowing the street was nationally syndicated through newsday 1 he also contributed to the new york times and the wall street journal and at the time of his death was a contributing editor for barron s 1 sobel was also known for his only work of fiction the 1973 book for want of a nail an alternate history in which burgoyne won the battle of saratoga during the american revolutionary war the book presented the history of an alternate timeline complete with footnotes and a critical bibliography it was republished in 1997 and received a special achievement sidewise award for alternate history that year 4 personal life and death edit sobel and his wife the former carole ritter had two children 1 he died from brain cancer at his home in long beach new york on june 2 1999 at the age of 68 1 his final book when giants stumble was completed while he was undergoing cancer treatment and published by prentice hall shortly after his death 2 hofstra university subsequently established the robert sobel endowed scholarship for excellence in business history and finance in his memory 1 selected bibliography edit fiction edit sobel robert 1973 for want of a nail if burgoyne had won at saratoga new york macmillan non fiction edit sobel robert 1960 the origins of interventionism the united states and the russo finnish war new york bookman associates sobel robert 1965 the big board a history of the new york stock market new york free press sobel robert 1968 the great bull market wall street in the 1920s new york norton sobel robert 1968 panic on wall street a history of america s financial disasters new york macmillan sobel robert 1970 the curbstone brokers the origins of the american stock exchange new york macmillan sobel robert 1972 the age of giant corporations a microeconomic history of american business 1914 1970 westport conn greenwood press isbn 0 8371 6404 4 sobel robert 1973 the money manias the eras of great speculation in america 1770 1970 new york weybright and talley sobel robert 1974 the entrepreneurs explorations within the american business tradition new york weybright and talley isbn 0 679 40064 8 sobel robert 1975 herbert hoover and the onset of the great depression 1929 1930 new york lippincott isbn 0 397 47334 6 sobel robert 1975 n y s e a history of the new york stock exchange 1935 1975 new york weybright and talley isbn 0 679 40124 5 sobel robert 1978 they satisfy the cigarette in american life new york anchor press doubleday isbn 0 385 12956 4 sobel robert 1980 last bull market wall street in the 1960s new york norton isbn 0 393 01309 x sobel robert 1981 ibm colossus in transition new york times books isbn 0 8129 1000 1 sobel robert 1982 itt the management of opportunity new york times books isbn 0 8129 1028 1 sobel robert 1984 the rise and fall of the conglomerate kings new york stein and day isbn 0 8128 2961 1 sobel robert 1986 rca new york stein and day isbn 0 8128 3084 9 sobel robert sicilia david 1986 the entrepreneurs an american adventure boston houghton mifflin isbn 0 395 42020 2 sobel robert 1989 trammell crow master builder the story of america s largest real estate empire new york wiley isbn 0 471 61326 6 sobel robert 1991 the life and times of dillon read new york truman talley books dutton isbn 0 525 24959 1 sobel robert 1993 dangerous dreamers the financial innovators from charles e merrill to michael milken new york wiley isbn 0 471 57734 0 sobel robert 1998 coolidge an american enigma washington d c regnery pub isbn 0 89526 410 2 sobel robert 1999 when giants stumble classic business blunders and how to avoid them paramus n j prentice hall isbn 0 7352 0059 9 sobel robert 2000 the great boom 1950 2000 how a generation of americans created the world s most prosperous society new york st martin s press isbn 0 312 20890 1 references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 henriques diana b june 4 1999 robert sobel 68 a historian of business dies the new york times p c18 retrieved may 29 2023 1 2 robert sobel 68 historian sun sentinel june 16 1999 retrieved february 9 2026 1 2 sicilia david b march 2000 remembering robert sobel 1931 1999 enterprise society 1 1 182 187 ssrn 907169 sidewise awards for alternate history complete listing uchronia retrieved february 9 2026 further reading edit sicilia david b remembering robert sobel 1931 1999 enterprise society the international journal of business history vol 1 issue 1 pp 182 187 march 2000 ssrn 907169 external links edit booknotes interview with sobel on coolidge an american enigma august 30 1998 robert sobel at the internet speculative fiction database works by or about robert sobel at the internet archive authority control databases international isni viaf gnd national united states france bnf data japan italy czech republic netherlands norway latvia poland israel academics cinii mathematics genealogy project artists ulan people trove ddb other idref open library snac yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title robert_sobel oldid 1379597799 categories 1931 births 1999 deaths 20th century american historians 20th century american male novelists 20th century american novelists american finance and investment writers american male non fiction writers city college of new york alumni deaths from brain cancer in the united states historians from new york state hofstra university faculty military personnel from new york city new york university alumni people from long beach new york sidewise award winners writers from the bronx united states army soldiers american alternate history writers hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata use mdy dates from january 2017 articles with hcards articles with internet archive links this page was last edited on 10 october 2026 at 22 21 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 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