Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community

Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community
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Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 1570035253
ISBN-13 : 9781570035258
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Book Synopsis Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community by : Lester C. Olson

Download or read book Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community written by Lester C. Olson and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Olson contends that attention to the visual images created in each of these roles dramatizes fundamental changes in Franklin's sensibility concerning British America. In 1754 Franklin was an American Whig supporter of the British Empire's constitutional monarchy. During the late 1750s and early 1760s he veered toward increasing the power of the Crown over Pennsylvania by changing the colony's form of government before ultimately rejecting constitutional monarchy and advocating republican politics during the 1770s and 1780s. The shifts in Franklin's fundamental political commitments are among the most arresting aspects of his life. Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community highlights these changes as it examines his pictorial representations of British America through several decades."--BOOK JACKET.


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