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Author Robbins, William G., 1935- author.

Title A man for all seasons : Monroe Sweetland and the liberal paradox / William Robbins
Published Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2015
2015

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Description 1 online resource (313 pages)
Contents Introduction: The Story of an American Liberal -- The Formative Years -- The Making of a Public Person -- Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth -- Commonwealth, Communists, and Collective Security -- "Babylonian Captivity" and War in the Pacific -- Oregon Politics and the Newspaper Business -- The Mainstreaming of a Liberal Politician -- The World of Legislative Politics -- Missing the Brass Ring -- Legislative Successes and "the fringes of this dirty game" -- Southeast Asia Calling -- A New Life with the NEA -- The Politics of Turmoil -- Epilogue: A Fruitful Life
Summary "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 : Monroe Sweetland and the Liberal Paradox. 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 Urban League, the Japanese American Citizens League, and the Red Cross, where Sweetland worked repatriating American prisoners of war after Japan's surrender. Robbins' portrait is holistic, exploring Sweetland's socialist beginnings, inconsistencies in his politics--especially during the Cold War--and his regional legacy. He was the most important person in the resurgence of the modern, liberal Oregon Democratic Party from the late 1940s to the 1960s. He joined the National Education Association in 1964 and became the driving force behind the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 and the fight for the age-18 vote, achieved in the ratification of the 26th amendment in 1971. Monroe Sweetland was a nationally prominent figure, whose fights bequeathed to modern America important legislation that shaped its political landscape"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 11, 2015)
Subject Sweetland, Monroe, 1910-2006.
SUBJECT Sweetland, Monroe, 1910-2006 fast
Subject Oregon. Legislative Assembly -- Biography
Democratic Party (Or.) -- Biography
National Education Association of the United States -- Biography
SUBJECT Democratic Party (Or.) fast
National Education Association of the United States fast
Oregon. Legislative Assembly fast
Subject Legislators -- Oregon -- Biography
Civic leaders -- Oregon -- Biography
Liberalism -- Oregon -- History -- 20th century
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
Civic leaders
Legislators
Liberalism
Political culture
Politics and government
SUBJECT Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095437
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467
Subject Oregon
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780870718120
0870718126