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BL
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974835
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b729205
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Houston, Alan Craig,1957-
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| Title & Author
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Benjamin Franklin and the politics of improvement /\ Alan Houston.
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven [Conn.] :: Yale Univ. Press,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
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1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0300152396
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: 1282088874
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: 9780300152395
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: 9781282088870
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0300124473
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1282351702
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9780300124477
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9781282351707
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-306) and index.
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| Contents
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Author's Note""; ""Map of Philadelphia by Nicholas Scull and George Heap, 1752""; ""Map of British North America, c. 1750""; ""Map of the British Atlantic World, c. 1763""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Commerce""; ""2. Association""; ""3. Population""; ""4. Union""; ""5. Slavery""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix: Franklin and Weber""; ""Chronology""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Names""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This fascinating book explores Benjamin Franklin's social and political thought. Although Franklin is often considered "the first American," his intellectual world was cosmopolitan. An active participa.
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Franklin, Benjamin,1706-1790-- Political and social views.
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Franklin, Benjamin,1706-1790.
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Political science.
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Statesmen-- United States, Biography.
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Biography.
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HISTORY.
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Political and social views.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Civics Citizenship.
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Political science.
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Statesmen.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.3092B
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| LC Classification
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E302.6.F8H77 2008eb
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