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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... political , cultural , ideo- logical — in which they operate . If nineteenth - century historians worked under the spell of the French Revolution and twentieth - century historians ( those of the “ short twentieth century , ” 1914–1991 ) ...
... political , cultural , ideo- logical — in which they operate . If nineteenth - century historians worked under the spell of the French Revolution and twentieth - century historians ( those of the “ short twentieth century , ” 1914–1991 ) ...
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... political structure ( Party hegemony ) , and the political structure de- termined the economic order ( a command economy ) , while there was no society ( that is , no " civil society " ) , since all components of the system lived in ...
... political structure ( Party hegemony ) , and the political structure de- termined the economic order ( a command economy ) , while there was no society ( that is , no " civil society " ) , since all components of the system lived in ...
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... politics or culture , both of which are reduced to the status of a mere " superstructure . ” In short , Marxism ... political and ideological trans- formation , not a social one . And on this subject the best guide is Weber , taken ...
... politics or culture , both of which are reduced to the status of a mere " superstructure . ” In short , Marxism ... political and ideological trans- formation , not a social one . And on this subject the best guide is Weber , taken ...
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... political authority by feudalism . The radical political consequences and the egalitarian social implications of medieval and Reforma- tion heterodoxy have received their most impressive theoretical formulation by Weber's colleague ...
... political authority by feudalism . The radical political consequences and the egalitarian social implications of medieval and Reforma- tion heterodoxy have received their most impressive theoretical formulation by Weber's colleague ...
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... politics and the legal and philosophical re- flection such arrangements generate . And this political culture thoroughly en- capsulates the Western “ class struggle . " Thus , although there are numerous examples in European history of ...
... politics and the legal and philosophical re- flection such arrangements generate . And this political culture thoroughly en- capsulates the Western “ class struggle . " Thus , although there are numerous examples in European history 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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