Benjamin Franklin And The Ends Of Empire
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Benjamin Franklin And The Ends Of Empire
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Author : Carla Mulford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Benjamin Franklin And The Ends Of Empire written by Carla Mulford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A study of Franklin's writings on the British Empire and its relationship to the British North America, Mulford assesses the founding father's thoughts on economics, society, politics, and the environment.
Empire For Liberty
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Author : Richard H. Immerman
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2010-04-05
Empire For Liberty written by Richard H. Immerman and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-05 with History categories.
An historian examines six public figures—from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz—who used the language of liberty to further American imperialism. How could the United States, a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality, have produced Abu Ghraib, torture memos, and warrantless wiretaps? In Empire for Liberty, historian Richard Immerman reveals that the quest for empire has guided the nation’s architects from the very beginning—and continues to do so today. Immerman paints nuanced portraits of six men who influenced the course of American empire: Benjamin Franklin, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Seward, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Foster Dulles, and Paul Wolfowitz. Each played a pivotal role as empire builder and, with the exception of Adams, did so without occupying the presidency. Taking readers from the nation’s founding to the War on Terror, Immerman shows how the trajectory of American empire was relentless if not straight; and how these shrewd and powerful individuals shaped their rhetoric about liberty to suit the times—and their needs. But Immerman also demonstrates, liberty and empire were on a collision course. And in the Global War on Terror and the occupation of Iraq, they violently collided.
Benjamin Franklin And The Ends Of Empire
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Author : Carla Mulford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Benjamin Franklin And The Ends Of Empire written by Carla Mulford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Statesmen categories.
Benjamin Franklin Natural Right And The Art Of Virtue
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Author : Kevin Slack
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2017
Benjamin Franklin Natural Right And The Art Of Virtue written by Kevin Slack and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A thorough examination of Benjamin Franklin's works on philosophy and politics, arguing that Franklin was a philosopher of natural right
Benjamin Franklin S Intellectual World
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Author : Paul E. Kerry
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2012-12-27
Benjamin Franklin S Intellectual World written by Paul E. Kerry and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-27 with History categories.
This volume attempts to throw fresh light on two areas of Benjamin Franklin’s intellectual world, namely: his self-fashioning and his political thought. It is an odd thing that for all of Franklin’s voluminous writings—a fantastically well-documented correspondence over many years, scientific treatises that made his name amongst the brightest minds of Europe, newspaper articles, satires, and of course his signature on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution—and yet scholars debate how to get at his political thought, indeed, if he had any political philosophy at all. It could be argued, that he is perhaps the American Founder most closely associated with the Enlightenment. Similarly, for a man who left so much evidence about his life—as a printer, bookseller, postmaster, inventor, diplomat, politician, scientist, among other professions—one who wrote an autobiography that has become a piece of American national literature and, indeed, a contribution to world culture; the question of who Ben Franklin continues to engage scholars and those who read about his life. His identity seems so stable that we associate it with certain virtues that apply to the way we live our lives, time management, for example. The image of the stable figure of Franklin is applied to create a sense of trust in everything from financial institutions to plumbers. His constant drive to improve and fashion himself reveal, however, a man whose identity was not static and fixed, but was focused on growth, on bettering his understanding of himself and the world he lived in and attempted to influence and improve.
The Claims Of Experience
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Author : Nolan Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-21
The Claims Of Experience written by Nolan Bennett and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-21 with Political Science categories.
Why have so many figures throughout American history proclaimed their life stories when confronted by great political problems? The Claims of Experience provides a new theory for what makes autobiography political throughout the history of the United States and today. Across five chapters, Nolan Bennett examines the democratic challenges that encouraged a diverse cast of figures to bear their stories: Benjamin Franklin amid the revolutionary era, Frederick Douglass in the antebellum and abolitionist movements, Henry Adams in the Gilded Age and its anxieties of industrial change, Emma Goldman among the first Red Scare and state opposition to radical speech, and Whittaker Chambers amid the second Red Scare that initiated the anticommunist turn of modern conservatism. These historical figures made what Bennett calls a "claim of experience." By proclaiming their life stories, these authors took back authority over their experiences from prevailing political powers, and called to new community among their audiences. Their claims sought to restore to readers the power to remake and make meaning of their own lives. Whereas political theorists and activists have often seen autobiography to be too individualist or a mere documentary source of evidence, this theory reveals the democratic power that life narratives have offered those on the margins and in the mainstream. If they are successful, claims of experience summon new popular authority to surpass what their authors see as the injustices of prevailing American institutions and identity. Bennett shows through historical study and theorization how this renewed appreciation for the politics of life writing elevates these authors' distinct democratic visions while drawing common themes across them. This book offers both a method for understanding the politics of life narrative and a call to anticipate claims of experience as they appear today.
The Path To The American Revolution
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Author : Jonathan R. Dull
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-03-12
The Path To The American Revolution written by Jonathan R. Dull and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-12 with History categories.
This book focuses on the gradual deterioration of the British-American relationship that led to the American Revolution. Starting in 1721, the author explores how the relationship between Britain and America changed from one of reciprocal trust to one of mutual misunderstanding and suspicion. It analyses the impact of Britain’s changing relationship with the other great powers of Europe and discusses such matters as British concern about the national debt and French unease about Anglo-Russian cooperation. The book uniquely promotes the importance of foreign affairs in this disintegrating trans-Atlantic relationship and provides a concise introduction to the political and military aspects of the American Revolution. This volume will be of interest to students of the American Revolution, and European and American foreign relations.
Voices Of Cosmopolitanism In Early American Writing And Culture
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Author : Chiara Cillerai
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-04
Voices Of Cosmopolitanism In Early American Writing And Culture written by Chiara Cillerai and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book argues that cosmopolitanism was a feature of early American discourses of nation formation and eighteenth-century colonialism. With the analysis of writings by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, Philip Mazzei, and Olaudah Equiano, the book reassesses the terms in which we understand cosmopolitanism, its relationship with local and transatlantic environments, and the way these representative writers from different segments of colonial society identified themselves and America within the transatlantic context. The book shows that the transnational and universalist appeal of the cosmopolitan not only accompanies empire building and defines a narrative that aligns the cosmopolitan perspective of global understanding and cooperation with western political ideology. The language of the cosmopolitan also forms the basis of a rhetoric that resists imperial expansion and allows writers in a variety of cultural, social, and political margins to find a voice to identify themselves, America, and the transatlantic world they imagine.
The Long American Revolution Its Legacy
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Author : Lester D. Langley
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2019
The Long American Revolution Its Legacy written by Lester D. Langley and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
"This book brings together the author's personal and professional link to the long American Revolution in a narrative that spans more than 150 years and places the Revolution in multiple contexts -- from the local to the transatlantic and hemispheric and from racial and gendered to political, social, economic, and cultural perspectives. A descendant on his father's side from a long line of Kentuckians, the author grew up torn between a father who embodied the Revolution's poor white male driven by economic self-interest and racial prejudices and a devoted and pious mother who saw life and history as a morality play. The author's intellectual and professional 'encounter' with the American Revolution came in the 1960s as a young historian specializing in U.S. foreign relations and Latin American history, an era when the U.S. encounter with the Cuban Revolution in the hemisphere and the civil rights movement at home served as reminders of the lasting and troublesome legacy of a long American Revolution. In a sweeping narrative that incorporates both the traditional, iconic literature on the Revolution and more recent works in U.S., Canadian, Latin American, Caribbean, and Atlantic world history, the author addresses fundamental questions about the Revolution's meaning and legacy"--
John Beale Bordley S Necessaries
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Author : Mark G. Spencer
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2020-01-01
John Beale Bordley S Necessaries written by Mark G. Spencer and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
John Beale Bordley (1727-1804) first had “Necessaries” printed in 1776 as a 17-page pamphlet. In 1799, he revised his work and reprinted it as a chapter in “Essays and Notes on Husbandry and Rural Affairs.” “Necessaries” published a 3rd time in 1801, when “Essays and Notes” saw a corrected and expanded edition. With its history spanning Colonial, Revolutionary, and early national America, Bordley’s work provides an advantageous window from which to view some of early America’s central debates as they played out on the ground. Uncovering its historical contexts enriches our understanding of it as well as of its author and his enlightened, revolutionary, and increasingly Republican times. Illus.