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The life of Benjamin Franklin. Volume 3, Soldier, scientist, and politician, 1748-1757 /
Volume 3 of the acclaimed biography narrates Franklin's growth from printer to public-spirited politician, soldier, and patriot.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | The Life of Benjamin Franklin ;
Volume 3 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Life of Benjamin Franklin volume 3; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; ONE The Association, 1747-1748; TWO Electricity; THREE Astronomy, Weather, and the Northwest Passage: Natural Philosopher, 1748-1757; FOUR Clerk, Councilman, and Magistrate, 1748-1751; FIVE The Academy and College of Philadelphia; SIX Colonial Union, Dumping Felons in America, and Assemblyman, 1751; SEVEN The Fundamental Document of the American Revolution, 1751; EIGHT The Pennsylvania Hospital.
- NINE Franklin's First Full Assembly, the Money Bill, and Susanna Wright, 1751-1752TEN Insurance: The Philadelphia Contributionship; ELEVEN Paper Currency, the Coming of War, and a Trip to New England, 1752-1753; TWELVE The Carlisle Treaty, Postmaster General, a Trip to New England, and Assembly Sessions, 1753-1754; THIRTEEN The Pennsylvania Germans; FOURTEEN Assembly Sessions, the Snake Cartoon, and the Albany Conference, 1754; FIFTEEN Boston, America and the Empire, and Katy Ray, 1754-1755; SIXTEEN Libels on the Assembly, Quincy's Mission, and General Braddock, 1755.
- SEVENTEEN Assembly Crises, Crown Point, Parables, and Glimpses of Deborah, 1755EIGHTEEN The French and Indians Attack and Pennsylvania Responds, 1755; NINETEEN General Franklin on the Frontier, 1755-1756 ; TWENTY Rival Militias, Colonel Franklin, Virginia, New York, and Frontier Fighting, 1756; TWENTY-ONE The Easton Treaty and Assembly Sessions, 1756-1757; TWENTY-TWO Franklin in New York and at Sea, 1757; TWENTY-THREE Assessing Franklin, Age 42 through 51; Appendices; 1. New Attributions; 2. Franklin's Residences and Real Estate to 1757; 3. Electrical Terminology.
- 4. The Influence of Benjamin Franklin's ''Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind'' (1751) on Ezra Stiles, Richard Price, and Adam Smith on Thomas Malthus; and on Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin; 5. Franklin's Plan of Union and the Albany Plan; 6. Franklin's Saying: ''Essential Liberty ... Temporary Safety''; 7. Post Office Expansion, 1753-1757; 8. Franklin's Wealth, 1756; 9. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Index; Acknowledgments.