The Bowdoin and Temple Papers

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers
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Synopsis The Bowdoin and Temple Papers by : James Bowdoin

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers
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Total Pages : 496
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Synopsis The Bowdoin and Temple Papers by : Massachusetts Historical Society

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers
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Total Pages : 536
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James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers

James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers
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Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 0871692473
ISBN-13 : 9780871692474
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Synopsis James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by : Frank Edward Manuel

A history of the early years of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, & the life & career of James Bowdoin, the Academy's first president. The strength of the work rests in a combination of its subject matter & execution. The subject matter is both intrinsically interesting & simultaneously neglected. Neither the accomplishments of Bowdoin nor the contributions of the members of the Academy have been adequately studied, & the Manuel's careful exploration is a valuable addition to our understanding of the founding of the nation. Using primary manuscript sources, the work is, by turns, witty, learned, & often simply fascinating. An incomparable account of one of Revolutionary America's most elusive & fascinating figures.

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers
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The Bowdoin and Temple Papers

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers
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Total Pages : 501
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Synopsis The Bowdoin and Temple Papers by : James Bowdoin

Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases

Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 626
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ISBN-10 : 0674219813
ISBN-13 : 9780674219816
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Synopsis Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases by : Bartlett Jere Whiting

p.B. J. Whiting savors proverbial expressions and has devoted much of his lifetime to studying and collecting them; no one knows more about British and American proverbs than he. The present volume, based upon writings in British North America from the earliest settlements to approximately 1820, complements his and Archer Taylor's Dictionary of American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 1820-1880. It differs from that work and from other standard collections, however, in that its sources are primarily not "literary" but instead workaday writings - letters, diaries, histories, travel books, political pamphlets, and the like. The authors represent a wide cross-section of the populace, from scholars and statesmen to farmers, shopkeepers, sailors, and hunters. Mr. Whiting has combed all the obvious sources and hundreds of out-of-the-way publications of local journals and historical societies. This body of material, "because it covers territory that has not been extracted and compiled in a scholarly way before, can justly be said to be the most valuable of all those that Whiting has brought together," according to Albert B. Friedman. "What makes the work important is Whiting's authority: a proverb or proverbial phrase is what BJW thinks is a proverb or proverbial phrase. There is no objective operative definition of any value, no divining rod; his tact, 'feel, ' experience, determine what's the real thing and what is spurious."

Tangible Things

Tangible Things
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780199382286
ISBN-13 : 019938228X
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Synopsis Tangible Things by : Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

"In a world obsessed with the virtual, tangible things are once again making history. Tangible Things invites readers to look closely at the things around them, arguing that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past."--Provided by publisher.

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers

The Bowdoin and Temple Papers
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Synopsis The Bowdoin and Temple Papers by : James Bowdoin

Benjamin Franklin's Intellectual World

Benjamin Franklin's Intellectual World
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Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 9781611470291
ISBN-13 : 1611470293
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Synopsis Benjamin Franklin's Intellectual World by : Paul E. Kerry

This volume attempts to throw fresh light on two areas of Benjamin Franklin’s intellectual world, namely: his self-fashioning and his political thought. It is an odd thing that for all of Franklin’s voluminous writings—a fantastically well-documented correspondence over many years, scientific treatises that made his name amongst the brightest minds of Europe, newspaper articles, satires, and of course his signature on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution—and yet scholars debate how to get at his political thought, indeed, if he had any political philosophy at all. It could be argued, that he is perhaps the American Founder most closely associated with the Enlightenment. Similarly, for a man who left so much evidence about his life as a printer, bookseller, postmaster, inventor, diplomat, politician, scientist, among other professions, one who wrote an autobiography that has become a piece of American national literature and, indeed, a contribution to world culture, the question of who Ben Franklin continues to engage scholars and those who read about his life. His identity seems so stable that we associate it with certain virtues that apply to the way we live our lives, time management, for example. The image of the stable figure of Franklin is applied to create a sense of trust in everything from financial institutions to plumbers. His constant drive to improve and fashion himself reveal, however, a man whose identity was not static and fixed, but was focused on growth, on bettering his understanding of himself and the world he lived in and attempted to influence and improve.