Benjamin Franklin and the ends of empire / Carla J. Mulford.
Mulford, Carla, 1955- author.
2015
E302.6.F8 M93 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Benjamin Franklin and the ends of empire / Carla J. Mulford.
Author
Mulford, Carla, 1955- author.
ISBN
9780199384198 (hardcover)
0199384193 (hardcover)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Language
English
Description
xv, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Call Number
E302.6.F8 M93 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.3092
Summary
Drawing from Benjamin Franklin's published and unpublished papers, including letters, notes, and marginalia, Benjamin Franklin and the Ends of Empire examines how the early modern liberalism of Franklin's youthful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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-408) and index.
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"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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