題名:
Benjamin Franklin : an American life
個人著者:
GVPL_EDITION:
1st Simon & Schuster paperback edition
PUBDATE:
2004
2003
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2004.
©2003
物理描述:
xii, 586 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN（国际标准书号）:
9781439566985
9780743258074
9780684807614
摘要:
Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.
內容:
Benjamin Franklin and the invention of America -- Pilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723 -- Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726 -- Printer: Philadelphia, 1726-1732 -- Public citizen: Philadelphia, 1731-1748 -- Scientist and inventor: Philadelphia, 1744-1751 -- Politician: Philadelphia, 1749-1756 -- Troubled waters: London, 1757-1762 -- Home leave: Philadelphia, 1763-1764 -- Agent provocateur: London, 1765-1770 -- Rebel: London, 1771-1775 -- Independence: Philadelphia, 1775-1776 -- Courtier: Paris, 1776-1778 -- Bon Vivant: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Peacemaker: Paris, 1778-1785 -- Sage: Philadelphia, 1785-1790 -- Epilogue -- Conclusions -- Cast of characters -- Chronology -- Currency conversions.
體裁:
LANGUAGE:
English
