History's Locomotives: Revolutions and the Making of the Modern WorldYale University Press, 1. jaan 2006 - 384 pages This engaging book reveals Benjamin Franklin's human side, his tastes and habits, his enthusiasms, and his devotion to democracy and the people of the United States. Three hundred years after his birth, we may remember Franklin's famous autobiography, or his status as framer of the Declaration of Independence, or perhaps his sage advice on diligence and thrift. But historian Edmund Morgan invites us to meet the man himself, an ordinary, sociable, good-natured human being with boundless curiosity about the natural world and a vision of what America could be. Drawing on life-long research in the vast Franklin archives, Morgan assembles lesser-known writings that offer insights into this founding father's thinking. The book is organized around three major themes, each with an introduction. The first section includes journal excerpts and letters revealing Franklin's personal tastes and habits. The second is devoted to Franklin's inexhaustible intellectual energy and his scientific discoveries. The third chronicles his devotion to serving the people who became the United States, and to his democratic vision of their independent future. Franklin's humanity and genius have never seemed more real than in the pages of this appealing anthology. |
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... old regimes a revolutionary regime devoted , in theory for seventy - four years and in practice into the late 1930s at least , to the total transformation of human relations under the banner of Com- munism . Malia's aim in this book ...
... old regimes a revolutionary regime devoted , in theory for seventy - four years and in practice into the late 1930s at least , to the total transformation of human relations under the banner of Com- munism . Malia's aim in this book ...
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... regime , was itself at last over . His response to these events is an apt ... French Revolution and twentieth - century historians ( those of the “ short ... past revolutions ( and not only revolutions ) by the collapse of the Communist ...
... regime , was itself at last over . His response to these events is an apt ... French Revolution and twentieth - century historians ( those of the “ short ... past revolutions ( and not only revolutions ) by the collapse of the Communist ...
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... original Jacobins had held power from 1793 to 1867 ) . Similarly inapplicable to Commu- nist Russia are such comparative ... regime were argued extensively in my The Soviet Tragedy : A History of Socialism in Rus- sia , 1917–1991.1 The ...
... original Jacobins had held power from 1793 to 1867 ) . Similarly inapplicable to Commu- nist Russia are such comparative ... regime were argued extensively in my The Soviet Tragedy : A History of Socialism in Rus- sia , 1917–1991.1 The ...
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... Old Regime . Moreover , such a transformation occurs only once in each national his- tory , since it is also the founding event for the nation's future “ modernity . ” West- ern revolutions thus acquire their distinctive character from the ...
... Old Regime . Moreover , such a transformation occurs only once in each national his- tory , since it is also the founding event for the nation's future “ modernity . ” West- ern revolutions thus acquire their distinctive character from the ...
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... Old Regime . c . This modern sense emerged fully in the course of the French Revolution . Although similar in its ... old ancien régime : monarchy , aristocracy , and church . As a result , revolution now came to mean a creatively ...
... Old Regime . c . This modern sense emerged fully in the course of the French Revolution . Although similar in its ... old ancien régime : monarchy , aristocracy , and church . As a result , revolution now came to mean a creatively ...
Contents
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Part II Classic Atlantic Revolutions | 131 |
Part III The Quest for Socialist Revolution | 213 |
Conclusion and Epilogue | 279 |
Whats in a Name? | 287 |
Appendix II High Social Science and Staseology | 302 |
Notes | 317 |
Index | 343 |
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