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A man for all seasons : Monroe Sweetland and the liberal paradox / William Robbins.

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"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 cu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Robbins, William G., 1935- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2015.
2015.
Subjects:
Sweetland, Monroe, > 1910-2006.
Oregon. > Legislative Assembly > Biography.
Democratic Party (Or.) > Biography.
National Education Association of the United States > Biography.
Democratic Party (Or.)
National Education Association of the United States.
Oregon. > Legislative Assembly.
Legislators > Oregon > Biography.
Civic leaders > Oregon > Biography.
Liberalism > Oregon > History > 20th century.
Oregon > Politics and government > 1951-
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Civic leaders.
Legislators.
Liberalism.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Oregon.
United States.
Since 1900
Biographies.
History.
Table of 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.

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