Oral history interview with Robert Cox, 2000

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Name: Cox, Robert W., 1926-2018 (Interviewee); Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
Title: Oral history interview with Robert Cox, 2000
Abstract: Background and childhood: born in Montreal in exclusionary environment created by religious divisions, father's family history; education: Lower Canada College, McGill University, B.A., history; career: International Labour Organization [ILO], 1947-71, Director of International Institute for Labour Studies, 1965-71, UN Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD], 1962, professorships at Columbia University, Toronto University, Yale University, Australian National University, York University; writings: "The Anatomy of Influence", various articles; personal: recollections of Depression in Canada; involvement in formation of Bloc populaire canadien; reminiscences of ILO career and resignation; reactions to events of 1968; effects of being an international servant on national identity and universal foreigner status; David Morse and other colleague reminiscences; opinion on global human rights; commentary on rigidity of ILO internal structure; structural influences on execution of ideas
Collection Name: United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
Subjects: Depressions--1929--Canada; Human rights; Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D; International agencies; Decision making; Cox, Robert W., 1926-2018; United Nations Officials and employees; International Labour Organisation; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; Columbia University Faculty; Bloc populaire canadien
Format: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre: Interviews
Date: 2000

Note (Biographical): United Nations, International Institute for Labour Studies
Note: Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on August 25 and August 26, 2000
Note (Provenance): Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record: 13683785
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-dcdd-rp66
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.