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UNINA9910814167203321 |
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Autore |
Gaustad Edwin S. |
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Titolo |
Benjamin Franklin : inventing America / / Edwin S. Gaustad |
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Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2004] |
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©2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-803575-6 |
1-4237-7406-X |
1-60256-781-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (144 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Statesmen - United States |
Scientists - 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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""CONTENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN""; ""Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion""; ""2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER""; ""Franklin in Training�for Virtue""; ""3 DOCTOR FRANKLIN""; ""Solving the Mystery of Lightning and Thunder""; ""4 PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS""; ""Can the American Colonies Possibly Unite?""; ""5 THE ROAD TO SEPARATION""; ""Franklin Tries to Sway Public Opinion in London""; ""6 WAR AND PEACE""; ""B. Franklin on J. Adams""; ""7 NEW NATION AND AGED PATRIACH""; ""Franklin Lobbies Against Slavery and the Slave Trade""; ""CHRONOLOGY""; ""FURTHER READING AND WEBSITES"" |
""HISTORIC SITES""""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor. |
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