02946nam 2200697 a 450 991081049450332120240418003527.097866123517091-282-35170-20-300-15239-61-282-08887-49786612088872(CKB)1000000000764808(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168149(SSID)ssj0000110303(PQKBManifestationID)11137835(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110303(PQKBWorkID)10062276(PQKB)11082116(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157757(MiAaPQ)EBC3420552(MiAaPQ)EBC5292526(Au-PeEL)EBL3420552(CaPaEBR)ebr10348447(CaONFJC)MIL208887(OCoLC)923594472(Au-PeEL)EBL5292526(CaONFJC)MIL235170(OCoLC)379506245(EXLCZ)99100000000076480820080314d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBenjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement /Alan Houston1st ed.New Haven Yale University Pressc20081 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 321 p.) ) ill., mapsThe Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and historyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-12447-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-306) and index.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.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.Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.Political scienceStatesmenUnited StatesBiographyPolitical science.Statesmen973.3092BHouston Alan Craig1957-1716370MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810494503321Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement4111647UNINA