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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Page 15
... nobles fought with metal armor and on horseback, they shoed their horses and used stirrups to mount them—techniques brought to the west by steppe barbarians. And in a rural world, this nobility lived off the labor of manorial peasants ...
... nobles fought with metal armor and on horseback, they shoed their horses and used stirrups to mount them—techniques brought to the west by steppe barbarians. And in a rural world, this nobility lived off the labor of manorial peasants ...
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... nobles' mount to the baser use of drawing that plow, and on the three-field-system of cultivation.12 By 1300, this revolution had made trans- alpine Europe richer and more populous than the Mediterranean world of an- tiquity had ever ...
... nobles' mount to the baser use of drawing that plow, and on the three-field-system of cultivation.12 By 1300, this revolution had made trans- alpine Europe richer and more populous than the Mediterranean world of an- tiquity had ever ...
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... nobles an opportunity to challenge the strong mon- archy created by Charles . In 1394 , a Union of the Nobility demanded access to the most important royal functions , indeed twice arresting the king . The second time , in 1403 , it did ...
... nobles an opportunity to challenge the strong mon- archy created by Charles . In 1394 , a Union of the Nobility demanded access to the most important royal functions , indeed twice arresting the king . The second time , in 1403 , it did ...
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... nobles , however , offered him protection , in part out of commitment to re- form and in part to assert their independence of royal power . The leader of this new nobles ' league was Čeněk of Vartemberk , the Grand Burgrave and second ...
... nobles , however , offered him protection , in part out of commitment to re- form and in part to assert their independence of royal power . The leader of this new nobles ' league was Čeněk of Vartemberk , the Grand Burgrave and second ...
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... nobles , and burgers then emerging in Europe's secular monar- chies — Parliament in England , the Estates General in France and the Burgun- dian Netherlands , the Cortès in Spain , and the Diets of Bohemia , Poland , and Hungary.13 ( To ...
... nobles , and burgers then emerging in Europe's secular monar- chies — Parliament in England , the Estates General in France and the Burgun- dian Netherlands , the Cortès in Spain , and the Diets of Bohemia , Poland , and Hungary.13 ( To ...
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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