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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455089903321

Autore

Houston Alan Craig <1957->

Titolo

Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement [[electronic resource] /] / Alan Houston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008

ISBN

9786612351709

1-282-35170-2

0-300-15239-6

1-282-08887-4

9786612088872

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 321 p.) ) : ill., maps

Collana

The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

Disciplina

973.3092

B

Soggetti

Political science

Statesmen - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-306) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Alan Houston explores Benjamin Franklin's social and political thought, providing a compelling portrait of Franklin, a fresh perspective on American identity, and a vital account of what it means to be practical.