Benjamin Franklin
Author : John Joseph Zimmerman
Publisher :
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN :
Author : John Joseph Zimmerman
Publisher :
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN :
Author : John Joseph Zimmerman
Publisher :
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 37,93 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Ernst
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 22,51 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 080783971X
Although it is obvious that politics, money, and economic conditions were closely interrelated in the twenty years before the Revolution, this is the first account to bring together these strands of early American experience. Ernst also provides and analytical case study of the impact on America of British monetary policy during a period of dramatic shifts in the Atlantic economy and suggests that earlier studies are questionable because of theoretical misconceptions concerning the importance of visible" money." Originally published in 1973. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author : Michael Kammen
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,50 MB
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0307827747
During the twenty years before the American Revolution, thirty-seven men acted as paid agent or lobbyists for the American colonies in England. The most famous among them were Benjamin Franklin, who represented four different colonies and served for seventeen years as agenet for Pennsylvania, and Edmund Burke, who accepted the position to further his own career. Yet the other thirty-five were also a colorful and heterogenous group. This detailed study, by a Pulitzer-prize-winning historian, of their activities and of the gradual breakdown of communications between the colonies and the mother country, until the link between the two become only "a rope of sand," is, in the words of the Richmond News Leader, "a new and invigorating approach to the American fight for independence." "Soundly documented, well organized and highly readable." - The New York Historical Society Quarterly "A challenging book about an important historical institution." - The Historian "A substantial contribution to our understanding of Anglo-American history during the eighteenth century." - The New England Quarterly "Both in concept and execution, A Rope of Sand is impressive." - The Journal of American History
Author : Kenneth Lawing Penegar
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0875868509
Benjamin Franklin, it seems, was a reluctant revolutionary. In tracing the course of his political transformation, this book will explore the social and political understandings and misunderstandings that both sustained and divided Britain and its colonies in North America. At the center of the story is Benjamin Franklin's decision in late 1772 to use a cache of personal letters that had fallen in his lap in London for revelation in Massachusetts - essentially a Wikileaks for 1772 - and the consequences of that decision for himself and for the cause of an amicable settlement of differences between the colonies and the British government. The personal side of Franklin's life in London is explored fully enough for the reader to appreciate both his strong attachment to the place and the inevitable sense of loss from which he reluctantly retreated in the spring of 1775 upon his departure from Britain and return to Philadelphia. In the tradition of narrative history, this book combines two main stories, each one complementing the other. Woven into the chronological and social history is a tale with an air of genuine suspense and mystery about it, revolving around Franklin's publication of private correspondence with political ramifications. The 'leak' was a shock to all, and had consequences for the prospect of avoiding a deeper rift with Britain, a cause Franklin pursued with increasing frustration in the last few years before the American Revolution. There are notable editorial innovations in the book. The appendices contain full transcripts of significant documents of the time (a first) as well as a thorough exploration of the mystery over the identity of Franklin's source for the Hutchinson letters. A practical time-line is included showing major correlative events. This work will fill a partial void in the late colonial period in American history and will deepen our understanding of the role of the American with the most extensive experience of British political and cultural sensibilities of the time.
Author : Richard Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN : 9780405032868
This book was written when Benjamin Franklin went to England to present Parliment with the grievance of the Pennsylvania Assembly against the Penns, the proprietors of the province, notably their claim to be exempt from taxation.
Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 23,16 MB
Release : 1809
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Eivind M. Lunde
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1826 pages
File Size : 26,30 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Bernhard Knollenberg
Publisher :
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :
Growth of the American Revolution covers the period from the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 to the outbreak of hostilities at Lexington and Concord in 1775. Taken together, these volumes present a cogent and authoritative history from an objective and scholarly point of view. Key Features: Foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, notes, appendixes, chronology, bibliography, index.