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A Man for All Seasons: Monroe Sweetland and the Liberal Paradox
William Robbins
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 599.
The life of prominent Oregon political leader Monroe Sweetland spans the spectrum of 20th-century America. Through seven decades, Sweetland experienced the economic collapse of the Great Depression, the unparalleled violence of a nation at war, the divisiveness of Cold War politics, and the cultural and political turmoil of the Vietnam War.
Historian William G. Robbins illuminates the wrenching transformation of American political culture in A Man for All Seasons. Racial and economic inequalities motivated much of Sweetland’s civic life, including his lifelong memberships in the American Civil Liberties Committee, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the ... Read more
The life of prominent Oregon political leader Monroe Sweetland spans the spectrum of 20th-century America. Through seven decades, Sweetland experienced the economic collapse of the Great Depression, the unparalleled violence of a nation at war, the divisiveness of Cold War politics, and the cultural and political turmoil of the Vietnam War.
Historian William G. Robbins illuminates the wrenching transformation of American political culture in A Man for All Seasons. Racial and economic inequalities motivated much of Sweetland’s civic life, including his lifelong memberships in the American Civil Liberties Committee, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870718113
SKU
V9780870718113
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About William Robbins
William G. Robbins, following a four-year enlistment in the U.S. Navy, earned a B.S. degree from Western Connecticut State University, USA and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oregon, USA. An Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History at Oregon State University, USA, he joined the faculty in 1971, teaching courses in the History of the American West and Environmental ... Read more
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