When London was capital of America /
Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's heyday as the center of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
[2010]
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| Summary: | Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's heyday as the center of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300137392 (cl : alk. paper) 0300137397 (cl : alk. paper) |