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Author:

Houston, Alan Craig, 1957-

Title:

Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement / Alan Houston.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xi, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790--Political and social views.
Political science.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-306) and index.

Summary:

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. -- From book cover.

Series:

The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

ISBN:

0300124473 (alk. paper)
9780300124477 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)213479993

LCCN:

2008010960

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)