The Age of Benjamin Franklin. Episode 13, Benjamin Franklin: A Reluctant Politician
(2019, original release: 2018)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2018
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
6808807
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from title frames

Franklin loved science and ideas, but disliked controversy, a disposition that made him reluctant to enter politics. It is one of history's greatest ironies that this hesitant politician would become one of the most important political figures in the English-speaking world. Survey Franklin's entry into politics and consider his style as a politician

Film

In Process Record

Robert J. Allison

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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