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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... becomes ever more ad- vanced and exploitative . Nonetheless , in Marxism historical movement itself is structured , since there is only one , logically phased line of social development , in all civilizations , from slaveholding to ...
... becomes ever more ad- vanced and exploitative . Nonetheless , in Marxism historical movement itself is structured , since there is only one , logically phased line of social development , in all civilizations , from slaveholding to ...
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... becoming by 1914 social - democratic reformism , in fact if not in formal doctrine . Still , Socialism as full noncapitalism remained the stated goal of the international workers ' movement , and crisis could easily give it a new life ...
... becoming by 1914 social - democratic reformism , in fact if not in formal doctrine . Still , Socialism as full noncapitalism remained the stated goal of the international workers ' movement , and crisis could easily give it a new life ...
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... become clear that revo- lution must in the first instance also be considered a problem in the history of ideas . This is true on two accounts , first , because the historiography of both the various revolutionary “ cases ” and ...
... become clear that revo- lution must in the first instance also be considered a problem in the history of ideas . This is true on two accounts , first , because the historiography of both the various revolutionary “ cases ” and ...
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... become a sacred institution, though with the basileus clearly paramount. As already noted, in the seventh century the nomads of Arabia had conquered the southern half of the Mediterranean world, thereby making the Latin West a backward ...
... become a sacred institution, though with the basileus clearly paramount. As already noted, in the seventh century the nomads of Arabia had conquered the southern half of the Mediterranean world, thereby making the Latin West a backward ...
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... become their tribu- tary. Thus, like Spain for some five hundred years after the Arab conquest of 712, or Hungary for almost two hundred after the Turkish conquest of 1526, Rus- sia for nearly three hundred years was detached from the ...
... become their tribu- tary. Thus, like Spain for some five hundred years after the Arab conquest of 712, or Hungary for almost two hundred after the Turkish conquest of 1526, Rus- sia for nearly three hundred years was detached from the ...
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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