Autobiography, Poor Richard, and later writings / Benjamin Franklin

Public ISBD Titre : Autobiography, Poor Richard, and later writings Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Benjamin Franklin, Auteur ; J. A. Leo Lemay, Editeur scientifique Editeur : New York [États-Unis] : Library of America Année de publication : 1997 Collection : Literary classics of the United States num. 37B Importance : 816 p. Présentation : couv. Ill. Format : 21 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-883011-53-6 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Avant 1775 ; Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) ; Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) -- Biographies -- États-Unis ; Hommes d'État -- États-Unis -- Biographie Index. décimale : 973.2 Résumé : This collection of Franklin's works begins with letters sent from London (1757--1775) describing the events and diplomacy preceding the Revolutionary War. The volume also contains political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters written in Paris (1776--1785), where he represented the revolutionary United States at the court of Louis XVI, as well as his speeches given in the Constitutional Convention and other works written in Philadelphia (1785--1790), including his last published article, a searing satire against slavery. Also included are the prefaces to Poor Richard's Almanack (1733--1758) and their worldly, pungent maxims that have entered our American culture. Finally, the Autobiography, Franklin's last word on his greatest literary creation -- his own invented personality -- is presented here in a new edition Note de contenu : Letters from London, 1757-1775 -- Paris, 1776-1785 -- Philadelphia, 1785-1790 -- Poor Richard's almanack 1733-1758 Autobiography, Poor Richard, and later writings [texte imprimé] / Benjamin Franklin, Auteur ; J. A. Leo Lemay, Editeur scientifique . - New York (États-Unis) : Library of America, 1997 . - 816 p. : couv. Ill. ; 21 cm. - (Literary classics of the United States; 37B) . ISBN : 978-1-883011-53-6 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Avant 1775 ; Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) ; Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) -- Biographies -- États-Unis ; Hommes d'État -- États-Unis -- Biographie Index. décimale : 973.2 Résumé : This collection of Franklin's works begins with letters sent from London (1757--1775) describing the events and diplomacy preceding the Revolutionary War. The volume also contains political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters written in Paris (1776--1785), where he represented the revolutionary United States at the court of Louis XVI, as well as his speeches given in the Constitutional Convention and other works written in Philadelphia (1785--1790), including his last published article, a searing satire against slavery. Also included are the prefaces to Poor Richard's Almanack (1733--1758) and their worldly, pungent maxims that have entered our American culture. Finally, the Autobiography, Franklin's last word on his greatest literary creation -- his own invented personality -- is presented here in a new edition Note de contenu : Letters from London, 1757-1775 -- Paris, 1776-1785 -- Philadelphia, 1785-1790 -- Poor Richard's almanack 1733-1758

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Colonial America

Public ISBD Titre : Colonial America : essays in politics and social development Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Stanley Nider Katz (1934-....), Editeur scientifique Mention d'édition : 1ère éd Editeur : Boston - Massachusetts - États-Unis : Little, Brown and co Année de publication : 1970 Importance : XIV-520 p. Présentation : graph., carte Format : 21 cm Note générale : Notes bibliogr. Bibliogr. p. 519-520 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : États-Unis -- Condition sociale -- Avant 1865 ; États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Avant 1775 Index. décimale : 306.0973 Note de contenu : From organization to society / S. Diamond -- Understanding the Puritans / D.D. Hall -- Hingham, Massachusetts, 1631-1661 / J.J. Waters -- Notes on life in Plymouth Colony / J. Demos -- Family structure in seventeenth-century Andover, Massachusetts / P.J. Greven, Jr. -- Underlying themes in the witchcraft of seventeenth-century New England / J. Demos -- Politics and social structure in Virginia / B. Bailyn -- Equality and Empire / D.S. Lovejoy -- The House of Lords, Edward Randolph, and the Navigation act of 1696 / M.G. Hall -- The evolution of Massachusetts town government, 1640 to 1740 / K.A. Lockridge & A. Kreider -- The social context of democracy in Massachusetts / M. Zuckermann -- The rattle of rights and privileges / G.B. Nash -- New York government and Anglo-American politics / S.N. Katz -- Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening / Perry Miller -- The Great Awakening in Connecticut / R.L. Bushman -- Popular uprisings and civil authority in eighteenth-century America / P. Maier -- Origins of the southern labor system / O. & M.F. Handlin -- Enslavement of Negroes in America to 1700 / W.D. Jordan -- The legal status of the slave in South Carolina, 1670-1740 / M.E. Sirmans -- The legal transformation / J.M. Murrin -- Economic development and social structure in colonial Boston / J.A. Henretta -- Land, population, and the evolution of New England society, 1630-1790, and an afterthought / K. Lockridge Colonial America : essays in politics and social development [texte imprimé] / Stanley Nider Katz (1934-....), Editeur scientifique  . -  1ère éd . - Boston - Massachusetts - États-Unis (Boston - Massachusetts - États-Unis) : Little, Brown and co, 1970 . - XIV-520 p. : graph., carte ; 21 cm. Notes bibliogr. Bibliogr. p. 519-520 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : États-Unis -- Condition sociale -- Avant 1865 ; États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Avant 1775 Index. décimale : 306.0973 Note de contenu : From organization to society / S. Diamond -- Understanding the Puritans / D.D. Hall -- Hingham, Massachusetts, 1631-1661 / J.J. Waters -- Notes on life in Plymouth Colony / J. Demos -- Family structure in seventeenth-century Andover, Massachusetts / P.J. Greven, Jr. -- Underlying themes in the witchcraft of seventeenth-century New England / J. Demos -- Politics and social structure in Virginia / B. Bailyn -- Equality and Empire / D.S. Lovejoy -- The House of Lords, Edward Randolph, and the Navigation act of 1696 / M.G. Hall -- The evolution of Massachusetts town government, 1640 to 1740 / K.A. Lockridge & A. Kreider -- The social context of democracy in Massachusetts / M. Zuckermann -- The rattle of rights and privileges / G.B. Nash -- New York government and Anglo-American politics / S.N. Katz -- Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening / Perry Miller -- The Great Awakening in Connecticut / R.L. Bushman -- Popular uprisings and civil authority in eighteenth-century America / P. Maier -- Origins of the southern labor system / O. & M.F. Handlin -- Enslavement of Negroes in America to 1700 / W.D. Jordan -- The legal status of the slave in South Carolina, 1670-1740 / M.E. Sirmans -- The legal transformation / J.M. Murrin -- Economic development and social structure in colonial Boston / J.A. Henretta -- Land, population, and the evolution of New England society, 1630-1790, and an afterthought / K. Lockridge

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