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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... liberal , socialist , or nationalist , by bringing to power the likes of Napoleon III and Bismarck , thus producing the first revolution won by conservatives . But revolutionary antici- pation hardly disappeared . To be sure , in ...
... liberal , socialist , or nationalist , by bringing to power the likes of Napoleon III and Bismarck , thus producing the first revolution won by conservatives . But revolutionary antici- pation hardly disappeared . To be sure , in ...
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... liberal arts, theology, law, medicine—divided into four ''nations,'' three of which until the early fifteenth century were in fact Ger- man, and only one Czech. Very quickly this Paris of the east acquired an international reputation as ...
... liberal arts, theology, law, medicine—divided into four ''nations,'' three of which until the early fifteenth century were in fact Ger- man, and only one Czech. Very quickly this Paris of the east acquired an international reputation as ...
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... eliminated in favor of Czech. The community's articles of faith re- jected as a mortal sin the seven liberal arts cultivated by the university, and some books were burned. All traces of Roman and German law 48 Revolution as Religious ...
... eliminated in favor of Czech. The community's articles of faith re- jected as a mortal sin the seven liberal arts cultivated by the university, and some books were burned. All traces of Roman and German law 48 Revolution as Religious ...
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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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