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Synopsis
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. Robbins’ portrait is holistic, exploring Sweetland’s socialist beginnings, inconsistencies in his politics — especially during the Cold War — and his regional and national legacy.
About the Author
WILLIAM G. ROBBINS, following a four-year enlistment in the U.S. Navy, earned a B.S. degree from Western Connecticut State University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oregon. An Emeritus Distinguished Professor of History at Oregon State University, he joined the faculty in 1971, teaching courses in the History of the American West and Environmental History until his retirement in 2002. Heandrsquo;s the author and editor of several books, most recently (with Katrine Barber) Natureandrsquo;s Northwest: The North Pacific Slope in the Twentieth Century (2011). Robbins is currently at work on the sesquicentennial history of Oregon State University as a land-grant institution.