Not your usual founding father : selected readings from Benjamin Franklin /
Presents a comprehensive collection of lesser-known writings of founding father Benjamin Franklin including journal entries and letters that express his personal views, habits, discoveries, and political thoughts.
| Основен автор: | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. |
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| Други автори: | Morgan, Edmund S. 1916-2013. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
℗♭2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=192258 |
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Print version::
Not your usual founding father. |
Съдържание:
- 1. The young man and the old man
- 2. Friendship and flirtation
- 3. The uses of laughter
- 4. Religion
- 5. Sickness and health
- 6. Wind, weather, and air
- 7. Ships and the sea
- 8. Electric fire
- 9. Geology and cosmology
- 10. The colonies and the empire
- 11. Ethnic pride and prejudice
- 12. Join or die
- 13. The vision challenged
- 14. The empire at risk
- 15. Independence
- 16. Poor Richard's diplomacy
- 17. A huckstered peace
- 18. The pretensions of wealth
- 19. America.