The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin
By (Author) Benjamin Franklin
Edited by Ralph Ketcham
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
15th September 2003
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
973.3092
Physical Properties
Paperback
528
653g
Description
A reprint of the 1965 Bobbs-Merrill edition. Too often dismissed as the least philosophic of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin had a deep and lasting impact on the shape of American political thought. In this substantial collection of Franklin's letters, essays, and lesser-known papers, Ralph Ketcham traces the development of Franklin's practical -- and distinctly American -- political thought from his earliest Silence Dogood essays to his final writings on the Constitution and The Evils of the Slave Trade.
Author Bio
Ralph Ketcham is Professor Emeritus of Political Science and History, Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
