The Americanization of Benjamin FranklinPenguin, 2005 M05 31 - 320 páginas “I cannot remember ever reading a work of history and biography that is quite so fluent, so perfectly composed and balanced . . .” —The New York Sun “Exceptionally rich perspective on one of the most accomplished, complex, and unpredictable Americans of his own time or any other.” —The Washington Post Book World From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republic—and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes—comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has blinded generations of Americans to the man he really was and makes sense of aspects of his life and career that would have otherwise remained mysterious. In place of the genial polymath, self-improver, and quintessential American, Gordon S. Wood reveals a figure much more ambiguous and complex—and much more interesting. Charting the passage of Franklin’s life and reputation from relative popular indifference (his death, while the occasion for mass mourning in France, was widely ignored in America) to posthumous glory, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin sheds invaluable light on the emergence of our country’s idea of itself. |
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... Britain . This invitation forced me to put some of my thoughts about Franklin on paper . So I am grateful to Professor Cohen and Indiana University for the invitation that got me started on this book . Franklin next became an important ...
... Britain . This invitation forced me to put some of my thoughts about Franklin on paper . So I am grateful to Professor Cohen and Indiana University for the invitation that got me started on this book . Franklin next became an important ...
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... Britain and the rest of Europe . He conversed with kings and even dined with one . No other American , even Jefferson , knew more Euro- peans or was more celebrated abroad in more countries than Franklin . As historian Carl Becker once ...
... Britain and the rest of Europe . He conversed with kings and even dined with one . No other American , even Jefferson , knew more Euro- peans or was more celebrated abroad in more countries than Franklin . As historian Carl Becker once ...
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... Britain and France . At several points it was doubtful whether he would ever return to America , or wanted to or even cared much about America . Far from being a natural and thor- oughgoing American , Franklin at several points in his ...
... Britain and France . At several points it was doubtful whether he would ever return to America , or wanted to or even cared much about America . Far from being a natural and thor- oughgoing American , Franklin at several points in his ...
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... Britain and the rest of Europe . Because of his discoveries concerning electricity , which were real contributions to basic science , he had become a celebrity throughout the Atlantic world . He had become a member of the Royal Society ...
... Britain and the rest of Europe . Because of his discoveries concerning electricity , which were real contributions to basic science , he had become a celebrity throughout the Atlantic world . He had become a member of the Royal Society ...
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... Britain . William Strahan , Franklin's lifelong British friend and associate , began as a journeyman printer like Franklin and eventually became very rich , richer perhaps than Franklin , and even acquired a seat in Parliament . And ...
... Britain . William Strahan , Franklin's lifelong British friend and associate , began as a journeyman printer like Franklin and eventually became very rich , richer perhaps than Franklin , and even acquired a seat in Parliament . And ...
Contenido
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Becoming a British Imperialist | 61 |
Becoming a Patriot | 105 |
Becoming a Diplomat | 153 |
Becoming an American | 201 |
Notes | 247 |
Index | 287 |
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