Title: James Monroe : Oberlin's Christian statesman and reformer, 1821-1898 /
Authors: Rokicky, Catherine M., 1967-
Publisher: Kent State University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Monroe, James,; United States. Biography.; Oberlin College Biography.; Statesmen United States Biography.; Legislators United States Biography; Social reformers United States Biography; Congregationalists United States Biography.; Legislators Ohio Biography.; Educators Ohio Biography.; United States Foreign relations Brazil.
Contents: The abolitionist's road to Oberlin -- The professor as politician: special guardian of human rights -- Threshold of freedom: Monroe and the Civil War -- The diplomat: United States consul to Rio de Janeiro -- Oberlin reformer in the reconstruction Congress -- The restructuring of the reformer -- A good man in the gilded age -- Transitional reformer.