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Benjamin Franklin and the ends of empire / Carla J. Mulford.

By:

Mulford, Carla, 1955- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]Description: xv, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780199384198
0199384193

Local Notes: Gift of the author. LCP fellow.Subject(s):

Contents:

"This obscure family of ours was early in the Reformation": on family memory -- "I had such a thirst for knowledge": Franklin's Boston youth -- Franklin's imperial imaginings: "coined land" and global goals -- Pennsylvania politics and the problems of empire -- "People in the colonies ... better judges": observing empire at midcentury -- Franklin in London's theater of empire -- Love of country -- Rebellion to tyrants, obedience to God -- "I intended well, and I hope all will end well": Franklin's last years -- Conclusion.

Summary: Drawing from Benjamin Franklin's published and unpublished papers, including letters, notes, and marginalia, Benjamin Franklin and the Ends of Empire examines how the early modern liberalism of Franklin's youthful intellectual life helped foster his vision of independence from Britain that became his hallmark achievement. In the early chapters, Carla J. Mulford explores the impact of Franklin's family history - especially their difficult times during the English Civil War - on Franklin's intellectual life and his personal and political goals. -- from dust jacket.

List(s) this item appears in: Books by Library Company Fellows

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Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Library Company of Philadelphia	Uz Franklin A5774.O	Available		305650

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-408) and index.

Drawing from Benjamin Franklin's published and unpublished papers, including letters, notes, and marginalia, Benjamin Franklin and the Ends of Empire examines how the early modern liberalism of Franklin's youthful intellectual life helped foster his vision of independence from Britain that became his hallmark achievement. In the early chapters, Carla J. Mulford explores the impact of Franklin's family history - especially their difficult times during the English Civil War - on Franklin's intellectual life and his personal and political goals. -- from dust jacket.

Gift of the author. LCP fellow.