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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... king of Kent, in 598; then, in the round of 1000, Saint Olaf of Norway, Saint Steven of Hungary, Mieszko of Poland, and in 988 Saint Vladimir of Kiev. True, conversion from Constantinople rather than from Rome represented a significant ...
... king of Kent, in 598; then, in the round of 1000, Saint Olaf of Norway, Saint Steven of Hungary, Mieszko of Poland, and in 988 Saint Vladimir of Kiev. True, conversion from Constantinople rather than from Rome represented a significant ...
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... king- doms were extinguished by Ottoman Turkey , by Habsburg Vienna , and the last of them , Poland , by Hohenzollern Prussia and Romanov Russia together . For by the time , on the eve of 1500 , that Muscovy ended its long absence from ...
... king- doms were extinguished by Ottoman Turkey , by Habsburg Vienna , and the last of them , Poland , by Hohenzollern Prussia and Romanov Russia together . For by the time , on the eve of 1500 , that Muscovy ended its long absence from ...
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... king or his judge when the latter acts against the law [ or his right ] and can even help in making war against him . . . . Thereby he does not violate his duty of fealty . ” 17 Be it also noted that in medi- eval usage “ law ” and ...
... king or his judge when the latter acts against the law [ or his right ] and can even help in making war against him . . . . Thereby he does not violate his duty of fealty . ” 17 Be it also noted that in medi- eval usage “ law ” and ...
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... kings, was a divine being who ''remained out- side the structure of vassal engagements'' and hence was eternally intangible to his subjects. Feudalism, then, despite the violence and disorder of the time, as well as of the oppression of ...
... kings, was a divine being who ''remained out- side the structure of vassal engagements'' and hence was eternally intangible to his subjects. Feudalism, then, despite the violence and disorder of the time, as well as of the oppression of ...
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... King John was forced to capitulate to the barons at Runnymede in part because Innocent III had placed England under interdict in order to annul the king's illegal interference in the election of a new archbishop of Canterbury. A second ...
... King John was forced to capitulate to the barons at Runnymede in part because Innocent III had placed England under interdict in order to annul the king's illegal interference in the election of a new archbishop of Canterbury. A second ...
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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