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UNINA9910810494503321 |
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Autore |
Houston Alan Craig <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement / / Alan Houston |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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9786612351709 |
1-282-35170-2 |
0-300-15239-6 |
1-282-08887-4 |
9786612088872 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 321 p.) ) : ill., maps |
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Collana |
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The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science |
Statesmen - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-306) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Map of Philadelphia by Nicholas Scull and George Heap, 1752 -- Map of British North America, c. 1750 -- Map of the British Atlantic World, c. 1763 -- Introduction -- 1. Commerce -- 2. Association -- 3. Population -- 4. Union -- 5. Slavery -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Franklin and Weber -- Chronology -- Notes -- Glossary of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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