LEADER 02946nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910810494503321 005 20240418003527.0 010 $a9786612351709 010 $a1-282-35170-2 010 $a0-300-15239-6 010 $a1-282-08887-4 010 $a9786612088872 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764808 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022168149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110303 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137835 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110303 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10062276 035 $a(PQKB)11082116 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000157757 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5292526 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420552 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348447 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208887 035 $a(OCoLC)923594472 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5292526 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235170 035 $a(OCoLC)379506245 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764808 100 $a20080314d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBenjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement /$fAlan Houston 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 321 p.) ) $cill., maps 225 1 $aThe Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-12447-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-306) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aAlan Houston explores Benjamin Franklin's social and political thought, providing a compelling portrait of Franklin, a fresh perspective on American identity, and a vital account of what it means to be practical. 410 0$aLewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 0$aStatesmen 676 $a973.3092 676 $aB 700 $aHouston$b Alan Craig$f1957-$01716370 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810494503321 996 $aBenjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement$94111647 997 $aUNINA