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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... central aim in this project remained constant — to ex- plain the origins and nature of Red October and the “ institutionalized revolu- tion " to which it gave rise — he considered the idea of adding chapters on inter- war fascism and on ...
... central aim in this project remained constant — to ex- plain the origins and nature of Red October and the “ institutionalized revolu- tion " to which it gave rise — he considered the idea of adding chapters on inter- war fascism and on ...
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... central- ized to where by the sixteenth century they became what historians later called “ absolute " monarchies , and which after 1789 everyone called anciens régimes . The feudal origin of these state forms is of paramount importance ...
... central- ized to where by the sixteenth century they became what historians later called “ absolute " monarchies , and which after 1789 everyone called anciens régimes . The feudal origin of these state forms is of paramount importance ...
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... central institution, the Church, and its written language, Latin, as well as what little it conserved of higher culture. This new imperium, however, was no longer primarily defined in political terms; it was rather a so- ciety that ...
... central institution, the Church, and its written language, Latin, as well as what little it conserved of higher culture. This new imperium, however, was no longer primarily defined in political terms; it was rather a so- ciety that ...
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... central Europe from Rome to the North Sea was a chief cause of the empire's fail- ure to develop into a national monarchy. Still, this policy made sense in medieval conditions: since the emperors were dependent on nonhereditary church ...
... central Europe from Rome to the North Sea was a chief cause of the empire's fail- ure to develop into a national monarchy. Still, this policy made sense in medieval conditions: since the emperors were dependent on nonhereditary church ...
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... Central Asia across the Ukrainian steppes to the Hungarian plain became increasingly active from 1100 onward, culminating in 1240 with the arrival of the Mongols. 9 And no military force anywhere in the settled world was capable of ...
... Central Asia across the Ukrainian steppes to the Hungarian plain became increasingly active from 1100 onward, culminating in 1240 with the arrival of the Mongols. 9 And no military force anywhere in the settled world was capable of ...
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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