Benjamin Franklin : inventing America / / Edwin S. Gaustad

• Autore: Gaustad Edwin S.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.3092
• Soggetto topico: Statesmen - United States; Scientists - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CONTENTS""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""1 THE IMPROPER BOSTONIAN""; ""Hooped Petticoats and the Folly of Fashion""; ""2 B. FRANKLIN, PRINTER""; ""Franklin in Trainingâ€?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""
• Sommario/riassunto: Describes the life and notable accomplishments of Ben Franklin, eighteenth-century American printer, statesman, writer, and inventor.
• Titolo autorizzato: Benjamin Franklin
• ISBN: 0-19-803575-6; 1-4237-7406-X; 1-60256-781-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457515403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford portraits.