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Zusatztext Mulford's Benjamin Franklin and the Ends of Empire is the fruit of a lifetime's study of the statesman and polymath, a polemically engaged and bold attempt to lend coherence to a famously multifaceted career. Informationen zum Autor Carla Mulford is Associate Professor of English at Pennsylvania State and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Franklin. She is also the founding president of the Society for Early Americanists. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: "This obscure Family of ours was early in the Reformation": On Family Memory Chapter 2: "I had such a Thirst for Knowledge": Franklin's Boston Youth Chapter 3: Franklin's Imperial Imaginings: "Coined Land" and Global Goals Chapter 4: Pennsylvania Politics and the Problems of Empire Chapter 5: "People in the Colonies . . . better Judges": Observing Empire at Midcentury Chapter 6: Franklin in London's Theatre of Empire Chapter 7: Love of Country Chapter 8: Rebellion to Tyrants, Obedience to God Chapter 9: "I intended well, and I hope all will end well": Franklin's Last Years Conclusion Notes Bibliography of Printed Sources Index
