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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... become . At the same time it hopes to make clear how and why Franklin acquired these vari- ous images and symbols . It tries to place Franklin's incredible life in its eighteenth - century context and explain why he retired from ...
... become . At the same time it hopes to make clear how and why Franklin acquired these vari- ous images and symbols . It tries to place Franklin's incredible life in its eighteenth - century context and explain why he retired from ...
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... Becoming a Gentleman 17 CHAPTER 2 Becoming a British Imperialist 61 CHAPTER 3 Becoming a Patriot 105 CHAPTER 4 Becoming a Diplomat 153 CHAPTER 5 Becoming an American 201 Notes 247 Index 287 ILLUSTRATIONS Franklin's birthplace on Milk ...
... Becoming a Gentleman 17 CHAPTER 2 Becoming a British Imperialist 61 CHAPTER 3 Becoming a Patriot 105 CHAPTER 4 Becoming a Diplomat 153 CHAPTER 5 Becoming an American 201 Notes 247 Index 287 ILLUSTRATIONS Franklin's birthplace on Milk ...
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... become, in the view of literary historian Perry Miller, one of the most “massively symbolic” figures in American history.3 Scholars today tend not to believe anymore in the notion of an American character, but if there is such a thing ...
... become, in the view of literary historian Perry Miller, one of the most “massively symbolic” figures in American history.3 Scholars today tend not to believe anymore in the notion of an American character, but if there is such a thing ...
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... become so famous. It was doubtful, said Hawthorne's storyteller, “whether Franklin's philosophical discoveries, important as they were, or even his vast political services, would have given him all the fame which he acquired.” Instead ...
... become so famous. It was doubtful, said Hawthorne's storyteller, “whether Franklin's philosophical discoveries, important as they were, or even his vast political services, would have given him all the fame which he acquired.” Instead ...
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... become , in the view of literary historian Perry Miller , one of the most " massively symbolic " figures in American history.3 Scholars today tend not to believe anymore in the notion of an Amer- ican character , but if there is such a ...
... become , in the view of literary historian Perry Miller , one of the most " massively symbolic " figures in American history.3 Scholars today tend not to believe anymore in the notion of an Amer- ican character , but if there is such a ...
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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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