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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... Quaker city renowned for its religious freedom in 1723 , hungry , tired , dirty , and bedraggled in his " Working Dress , " his " Pockets stuffed out with Shirts and Stockings , " with only a Dutch dollar and copper shilling to his name ...
... Quaker city renowned for its religious freedom in 1723 , hungry , tired , dirty , and bedraggled in his " Working Dress , " his " Pockets stuffed out with Shirts and Stockings , " with only a Dutch dollar and copper shilling to his name ...
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... Quaker families , such as the Norrises , Shippens , Dickinsons , and Pembertons , had prospered , and this emerging Quaker aristocracy had come to dominate the mercantile affairs and politics of the colony . At the same time , however ...
... Quaker families , such as the Norrises , Shippens , Dickinsons , and Pembertons , had prospered , and this emerging Quaker aristocracy had come to dominate the mercantile affairs and politics of the colony . At the same time , however ...
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... Quaker merchant , befriended him , gave him money at a crucial moment , and brought him into his business . Even Franklin's later enemy William Allen , who was Philadelphia's richest man , helped Franklin at various times , especially ...
... Quaker merchant , befriended him , gave him money at a crucial moment , and brought him into his business . Even Franklin's later enemy William Allen , who was Philadelphia's richest man , helped Franklin at various times , especially ...
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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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