Carla J Mulford

Benjamin Franklin and the Ends of Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of Franklin's writings on the British Empire and its relationship to the British North America, Mulford assesses the founding father's thoughts on economics, society, politics, and the environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9780190090074
• ISBN-10: 0190090073
• Artikelnr.: 57148093

Autorenporträt

Carla J. Mulford has published widely in the field of early American studies, but Benjamin Franklin has been her preoccupation for over twenty-five years. She has published over twenty articles and book chapters on Franklin, in addition to The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Franklin (Cambridge UP, 2009) and Benjamin Franklin and the Ends of Empire (Oxford UP, 2015). She is currently working on a new book, tentatively titled Benjamin Franklin's Electrical Diplomacy. Professor of English at Penn State University, she is the Founding President of the Society of Early Americanists.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* Chapter 1: "This obscure Family of ours was early in the
Reformation": On Family Memory
* Chapter 2: "I had such a Thirst for Knowledge": Franklin's Boston
Youth
* Chapter 3: Franklin's Imperial Imaginings: "Coined Land" and Global
Goals
* Chapter 4: Pennsylvania Politics and the Problems of Empire
* Chapter 5: "People in the Colonies . . . better Judges": Observing
Empire at Midcentury
* Chapter 6: Franklin in London's Theatre of Empire
* Chapter 7: Love of Country
* Chapter 8: Rebellion to Tyrants, Obedience to God
* Chapter 9: "I intended well, and I hope all will end well":
Franklin's Last Years
* Conclusion
* Notes
* Bibliography of Printed Sources
* Index