Benjamin Franklin and the ends of empire

Benjamin Franklin and the ends of empire / Carla J. Mulford.

A literary biography of Franklin's writings on the British Empire and its relationship to British North America, this book assesses Franklin's intellectual life by examining his writings on economics, society, politics, and the environment. It shows how Franklin's youthful reading and...

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Main Author: Mulford, Carla, 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Political and social views.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Knowledge and learning.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790
1700-1799
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
British colonies
Intellectual life
Learning and scholarship
Political and social views
Statesmen
United States > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > America.
America
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • "This obscure family of ours was early in the reformation": on family memory
  • "I had such a thirst for knowledge": Franklin's Boston youth
  • Franklin's imperial imaginings: "coined land" and global goals
  • Pennsylvania politics and the problems of empire
  • "People in the colonies ... better judges": observing empire at midcentury
  • Franklin in London's theatre of empire
  • Love of country
  • Rebellion to tyrants, obedience to god
  • "I intended well, and I hope all will end well": Franklin's last years
  • Conclusion.

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