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Benjamin Franklin and the Politics of Improvement (Hardcover)
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Benjamin Franklin and the Politics of Improvement (Hardcover)
Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
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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
participant in eighteenth-century Atlantic debates over the modern
commercial republic, Franklin combined abstract analyses with
practical proposals. Houston treats Franklin as shrewd, creative,
and engaged--a lively thinker who joined both learned controversies
and political conflicts at home and abroad. Drawing on meticulous
archival research, Houston examines such tantalizing themes as
trade and commerce, voluntary associations and civic militias,
population growth and immigration policy, political union and
electoral institutions, freedom and slavery. In each case, he shows
how Franklin urged the improvement of self and society. Engagingly
written and richly illustrated, this book provides a compelling
portrait of Franklin, a fresh perspective on American identity, and
a vital account of what it means to be practical.
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