This fascinating book explores Benjamin Franklin's social and political thought. Although Franklin is often considered "the first American," his intellectual world was cosmopolitan. An active participant in eighteenth-century Atlantic debates over the modern commercial republic, Franklin combined abstract analyses with practical proposals. Houston treats Franklin as shrewd, creative, and engaged--a lively thinker who joined both learned controversies and political conflicts at home and abroad. Drawing on meticulous ...
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This fascinating book explores Benjamin Franklin's social and political thought. Although Franklin is often considered "the first American," his intellectual world was cosmopolitan. An active participant in eighteenth-century Atlantic debates over the modern commercial republic, Franklin combined abstract analyses with practical proposals. Houston treats Franklin as shrewd, creative, and engaged--a lively thinker who joined both learned controversies and political conflicts at home and abroad. Drawing on meticulous archival research, Houston examines such tantalizing themes as trade and commerce, voluntary associations and civic militias, population growth and immigration policy, political union and electoral institutions, freedom and slavery. In each case, he shows how Franklin urged the improvement of self and society. Engagingly written and richly illustrated, this book provides a compelling portrait of Franklin, a fresh perspective on American identity, and a vital account of what it means to be practical.
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Good. Size: 6x1x9; Dust jacket has edge bumping and light wear. Extensive notes and marked text throughout. Good solid binding. Ships Next Business Day.
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Fair. Size: 9x6x1; Dust jacket has light wear. Text marked and underlined throughout. Pages dog-eared throughout. Good solid binding. Unmarked, pages clean & bright, binding tight. Ships Next Business Day.
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Good. Size: 9x6x1; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Edge sunned. Scattered underlining and markings, some in ink. "I can think of no work that comes close to giving such a rich account of this polymath, and none that opens such politically provocative vantage points from Franklin's work onto eighteenth-century America, commercial society, the history of demography, and more."-Don Herzog, University of Michigan.
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New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Lewis Walpole Eighteenth-Century Culture and History (Hardcover).
