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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... Europe. Under the influence of the church, the activity of these rude warriors was ''ethicized'' as knighthood and chivalry. These knights, moreover, were more or less converted to observing ecclesiastical injunctions Historic Europe 15.
... Europe. Under the influence of the church, the activity of these rude warriors was ''ethicized'' as knighthood and chivalry. These knights, moreover, were more or less converted to observing ecclesiastical injunctions Historic Europe 15.
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... less converted to observing ecclesiastical injunctions for a Truce of God, or better still a Peace of God. Easternmost Europe, however, knew no such stability. The great corridor of horse-borne barbarians that runs from Mongolia and ...
... less converted to observing ecclesiastical injunctions for a Truce of God, or better still a Peace of God. Easternmost Europe, however, knew no such stability. The great corridor of horse-borne barbarians that runs from Mongolia and ...
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... less dynamic than in the Carolingian heartland and England : the three- field system appeared approximately two centuries later ; imported feudal insti- tutions were more rudimentary ; towns were rarer and smaller ; and their gothic was ...
... less dynamic than in the Carolingian heartland and England : the three- field system appeared approximately two centuries later ; imported feudal insti- tutions were more rudimentary ; towns were rarer and smaller ; and their gothic was ...
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... when they ruled the surrounding countryside as in much of Northern Italy, any the less subject to some feudal suzerain, if only one as remote as the emperor or the pope . Similarly , within the city walls , the Historic Europe 23.
... when they ruled the surrounding countryside as in much of Northern Italy, any the less subject to some feudal suzerain, if only one as remote as the emperor or the pope . Similarly , within the city walls , the Historic Europe 23.
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... less familiar than events examined later in this study . A second and more important reason is that a blow - by - blow unfold- ing is the way history appears to those who are living it at the time . Viewing it as much as possible ...
... less familiar than events examined later in this study . A second and more important reason is that a blow - by - blow unfold- ing is the way history appears to those who are living it at the time . Viewing it as much as possible ...
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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