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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... young people gathering its strength and feeling its broadening power . " He has represented everything Americans like about themselves — their levelheadedness , common sense , pragmatism , ingenuity , and get - up - and- go . Because of ...
... young people gathering its strength and feeling its broadening power . " He has represented everything Americans like about themselves — their levelheadedness , common sense , pragmatism , ingenuity , and get - up - and- go . Because of ...
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... young boy . " Franklin's resolutions in fact became a model for the young Gatsby's self - imposed schedule : " Rise from bed , 6.00 A.M. , " " Dumbbell exercise and wall - scaling , 6.15-6.30 , " " Study electricity , etc. , 7.15-8.15 ...
... young boy . " Franklin's resolutions in fact became a model for the young Gatsby's self - imposed schedule : " Rise from bed , 6.00 A.M. , " " Dumbbell exercise and wall - scaling , 6.15-6.30 , " " Study electricity , etc. , 7.15-8.15 ...
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... young man . He was seventy in 1776 — not the age that one associates with passionate revolutionaries . He was by far the oldest of the Revolutionary leaders— twenty - six years older than Washington , twenty - nine years older than John ...
... young man . He was seventy in 1776 — not the age that one associates with passionate revolutionaries . He was by far the oldest of the Revolutionary leaders— twenty - six years older than Washington , twenty - nine years older than John ...
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... young man had immi- grated to the New World and had become a candle and soap maker , one of the lowliest of the artisan crafts . Josiah fathered a total of seventeen children , ten , including Benjamin , by his second wife , Abiah ...
... young man had immi- grated to the New World and had become a candle and soap maker , one of the lowliest of the artisan crafts . Josiah fathered a total of seventeen children , ten , including Benjamin , by his second wife , Abiah ...
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... young men prepared for the world . Franklin's father chose that route of apprenticeship for his son and began training Franklin to be a candle and soap maker . But since cutting wicks and smelling tallow made Franklin very unhappy , his.
... young men prepared for the world . Franklin's father chose that route of apprenticeship for his son and began training Franklin to be a candle and soap maker . But since cutting wicks and smelling tallow made Franklin very unhappy , his.
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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