Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement / / Alan Houston

• Autore: Houston Alan Craig <1957->
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 321 p.) ) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 973.3092; B
• Soggetto topico: Political science; Statesmen - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-306) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement
• ISBN: 9786612351709; 1-282-35170-2; 0-300-15239-6; 1-282-08887-4; 9786612088872
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810494503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.