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Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement / Alan Houston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Houston, Alan Craig, 1957-
- Series:
- Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
- The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Political and social views.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Political science.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 321 p.) ) ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- E
- N
- O
- Q
- U
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-306) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612351709
- 1-282-35170-2
- 0-300-15239-6
- 1-282-08887-4
- 9786612088872
- OCLC:
- 923594472
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