TY - BOOK AU - Houston,Alan Craig TI - Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement T2 - The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history SN - 9780300152395 AV - E302.6.F8 H77 2008eb U1 - 973.3092B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New Haven [Conn.] PB - Yale Univ. Press KW - Franklin, Benjamin, KW - Political science KW - Statesmen KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Hommes d'État KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - HISTORY KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Civics & Citizenship KW - Political and social views KW - fast KW - ukslc KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-306) and index; ""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""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""""i""; ""j""; ""k""; ""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""o""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y"" N2 -

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 participa UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=278416 ER -