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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... authority by feudalism . The radical political consequences and the egalitarian social implications of medieval and Reforma- tion heterodoxy have received their most impressive theoretical formulation by Weber's colleague Ernst ...
... authority by feudalism . The radical political consequences and the egalitarian social implications of medieval and Reforma- tion heterodoxy have received their most impressive theoretical formulation by Weber's colleague Ernst ...
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... authorities that survived were the kingdoms descended from the barbariangentes, even though one such nation, the Saxons, after 962 revived the Carolingian imperial tradition in the form of the Holy Roman Empire of the Ger- man Nation ...
... authorities that survived were the kingdoms descended from the barbariangentes, even though one such nation, the Saxons, after 962 revived the Carolingian imperial tradition in the form of the Holy Roman Empire of the Ger- man Nation ...
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... authority and a hierarchical structuring of society entailing mankind's division into interdependent , corporate ... authorities : according to the reigning dictum of the age , " the law is found , not made . " The world was thus viewed ...
... authority and a hierarchical structuring of society entailing mankind's division into interdependent , corporate ... authorities : according to the reigning dictum of the age , " the law is found , not made . " The world was thus viewed ...
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... authority; after 850, local feudal lords assumed control over church lands and appointments. Yet one arm of the church, its Benedictine monasteries, retained a relative independence. One of these, Cluny, founded in 910, developed a ...
... authority; after 850, local feudal lords assumed control over church lands and appointments. Yet one arm of the church, its Benedictine monasteries, retained a relative independence. One of these, Cluny, founded in 910, developed a ...
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... authority eventually led him to be assigned penance in Rome . His pro- gram there was described by a contemporary : He [ Arnold ] himself was frequently heard on the [ Roman ] Capitol and in pub- lic gatherings . He had already publicly ...
... authority eventually led him to be assigned penance in Rome . His pro- gram there was described by a contemporary : He [ Arnold ] himself was frequently heard on the [ Roman ] Capitol and in pub- lic gatherings . He had already publicly ...
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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