The political trial of Benjamin Franklin [[electronic resource] ] : a prelude to the American Revolution / / Kenneth Lawing Penegar

• Autore: Penegar Kenneth Lawing
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Algora Pub., c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.3092; B
• Soggetto topico: Statesmen - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1775-1783; United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Causes
• 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: A duel in Hyde Park -- Private letters, public causes -- Imperial over-reach : the political context of the letters -- Harvest of spite : reaction in the London press -- Preliminary hearing -- Showdown in the cockpit -- The verdict -- Circles of support -- Other perils and after shocks -- Second thoughts -- Going home, looking back.
• Sommario/riassunto: Benjamin Franklin, it seems, was a reluctant revolutionary. In tracing the course of his political transformation, this book explores the social and political understandings and misunderstandings that both sustained and divided Britain and its colonies in North America. At the center of the story is Benjamin Franklin's decision in late 1772 to use a cache of personal letters that had fallen in his lap in London for revelation in Massachusetts - essentially a Wikileaks for 1772 - and the consequences of that decision for himself and for the cause of an amicable settlement of differences between
• Titolo autorizzato: The political trial of Benjamin Franklin
• ISBN: 0-87586-851-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465491403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II