@article{741164,
      recid = {741164},
      author = {Mulford, Carla,},
      title = {Benjamin Franklin and the ends of empire /},
      pages = {xv, 426 pages :},
      abstract = {Drawing from Benjamin Franklin's published and unpublished  papers, including letters, notes, and marginalia, Benjamin  Franklin and the Ends of Empire examines how the early  modern liberalism of Franklin's youthful intellectual life  helped foster his vision of independence from Britain that  became his hallmark achievement. In the early chapters,  Carla J. Mulford explores the impact of Franklin's family  history - especially their difficult times during the  English Civil War - on Franklin's intellectual life and his  personal and political goals. -- from dust jacket.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/741164},
}