出版社: Simon & Schuster
副标题: An American Life
出版年: 2003-7
页数: 589
定价: USD 35.00
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780684807614
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings, he seems made of flesh rather than of marble. In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin seems to turn to us from history's stage with eyes that ...
Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings, he seems made of flesh rather than of marble. In bestselling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin seems to turn to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. By bringing Franklin to life, Isaacson shows how he helped to define both his own time and ours. He was, during his 84-year life, America's best scientist, inventor, diplomat, writer, and business strategist, and he was also one of its most practical -- though not most profound -- political thinkers. He proved by flying a kite that lightning was electricity, and he invented a rod to tame it. He sought practical ways to make stoves less smoky and commonwealths less corrupt. He organized neighborhood constabularies and international alliances, local lending libraries and national legislatures. He combined two types of lenses to create bifocals and two concepts of representation to foster the nation's federal compromise. He was the only man who shaped all the founding documents of America: the Albany Plan of Union, the Declaration of Independence, the treaty of alliance with France, the peace treaty with England, and the Constitution. And he helped invent America's unique style of homespun humor, democratic values, and philosophical pragmatism. But the most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself. America's first great publicist, he was, in his life and in his writings, consciously trying to create a new American archetype. In the process, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public, and polished it for posterity. Through it all, he trusted the hearts and minds of his fellow "leather-aprons" more than he did those of any inbred elite. He saw middle-class values as a source of social strength, not as something to be derided. His guiding principle was a "dislike of everything that tended to debase the spirit of the common people." Few of his fellow founders felt this comfort with democracy so fully, and none so intuitively. In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin's amazing life, from his days as a runaway printer to his triumphs as a statesman, scientist, and Founding Father. He chronicles Franklin's tumultuous relationship with his illegitimate son and grandson, his practical marriage, and his flirtations with the ladies of Paris. He also shows how Franklin helped to create the American character and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century.
Benjamin Franklin的创作者
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沃尔特·艾萨克森 作者
作者简介 · · · · · ·
沃尔特·艾萨克森:阿斯彭研究所(Aspen Ititute)执行总裁,曾任有线新闻电视网(CNN)主席和《时代》(Time)周刊总编。他的著作有《史蒂夫·乔布斯传》《富兰克林传》(Benjamin Franklin:An American Life)和《基辛格传》(Kissinger:A Biography)等。
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富兰克林的财务自由之路(ESBI四个象限他都经历了)
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0 有用 马小悟 2014-02-12 18:29:47
太巨细靡遗了,没法耐心一字一句看,其实他写的《乔布斯传》也有这个毛病。
0 有用 sinclair 2013-03-31 12:48:15
上个星期终于啃完了这本用词书面、生僻、古老的书,间间断断历时数个月。富兰克林确实是个务实、多才、勤奋的人,美国有今天他的功劳和精神起了不小的作用,尤其是中产阶级立国和三权分立妥协的思想,“两个魔鬼争夺比一个独裁者更好”。
0 有用 MISTER DARCY 2022-01-03 23:10:50
一如书名,从18世纪初Franklin的出生,到世纪末离开这个世界,既是他个人的一生,也是美国从无到有,从联邦到制宪的国家史。Franklin也就是美国人,抑或是典型美国精神的代表。 勤劳、奋斗、务实、妥协,从宗教到经济,从政治到生活。然而,不同时代观者从自身的角度出发,便有了不同的理解和评判。物质富足之后,人们开始鄙夷前辈创业者们并不高深且显得不足道的世俗奋斗,仿佛一切精神建构的基础都理所应当... 一如书名,从18世纪初Franklin的出生,到世纪末离开这个世界,既是他个人的一生,也是美国从无到有,从联邦到制宪的国家史。Franklin也就是美国人,抑或是典型美国精神的代表。 勤劳、奋斗、务实、妥协,从宗教到经济,从政治到生活。然而,不同时代观者从自身的角度出发,便有了不同的理解和评判。物质富足之后,人们开始鄙夷前辈创业者们并不高深且显得不足道的世俗奋斗,仿佛一切精神建构的基础都理所应当。历史总是相似,人性亘古不变,所以,以史为鉴,也许能拨开一些现时的迷雾,更接近一些事物原本的面貌。 (展开)
0 有用 MISTER DARCY 2022-01-03 23:10:50
一如书名,从18世纪初Franklin的出生,到世纪末离开这个世界,既是他个人的一生,也是美国从无到有,从联邦到制宪的国家史。Franklin也就是美国人,抑或是典型美国精神的代表。 勤劳、奋斗、务实、妥协,从宗教到经济,从政治到生活。然而,不同时代观者从自身的角度出发,便有了不同的理解和评判。物质富足之后,人们开始鄙夷前辈创业者们并不高深且显得不足道的世俗奋斗,仿佛一切精神建构的基础都理所应当... 一如书名,从18世纪初Franklin的出生,到世纪末离开这个世界,既是他个人的一生,也是美国从无到有,从联邦到制宪的国家史。Franklin也就是美国人,抑或是典型美国精神的代表。 勤劳、奋斗、务实、妥协,从宗教到经济,从政治到生活。然而,不同时代观者从自身的角度出发,便有了不同的理解和评判。物质富足之后,人们开始鄙夷前辈创业者们并不高深且显得不足道的世俗奋斗,仿佛一切精神建构的基础都理所应当。历史总是相似,人性亘古不变,所以,以史为鉴,也许能拨开一些现时的迷雾,更接近一些事物原本的面貌。 (展开)
0 有用 马小悟 2014-02-12 18:29:47
太巨细靡遗了,没法耐心一字一句看,其实他写的《乔布斯传》也有这个毛病。
0 有用 sinclair 2013-03-31 12:48:15
上个星期终于啃完了这本用词书面、生僻、古老的书,间间断断历时数个月。富兰克林确实是个务实、多才、勤奋的人,美国有今天他的功劳和精神起了不小的作用,尤其是中产阶级立国和三权分立妥协的思想,“两个魔鬼争夺比一个独裁者更好”。