02277nam a2200409 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003600112020003400148020001800182020002700200040002100227035002100248043001200269050002300281082002600304100002000330245008000350260005600430300003100486500002700517504006600544505044000610520028301050533015201333650005501485650004301540650004001583651005501623655002901678710001701707856012601724999001701850ebr10579324CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||091222s2010    ctuab   sb    001 0ceng d  z  2009053163  z9780300137392 (hbk. alk. paper)  z9780300168198 (cl alk. paper)  z9780300178135  z9780300168198 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)808346483  ae-uk-en14aDA688b.F57 2010eb04a305.813/0421090332221 aFlavell, Julie.10aWhen London was capital of Americah[electronic resource] /cJulie Flavell.  aNew Haven [Conn.] :bYale University Press,cc2010.  axii, 305 p. :bill., maps.  aMaps on lining papers.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [252]-290) and index.0 aAn American city in Europe -- The London world of Henry Laurens -- Upstairs, downstairs: master and slave in Georgian London -- English lessons in London: a tale of two teenagers -- Young and rich in fleet street: the decadents abroad -- A Long Island Yankee in the city -- "The handsome Englishman" -- London's American landscape -- Franklin and son in London -- 'The most cautious man I have ever seen': Ben Franklin's London career.8 aBenjamin 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 hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aAmericanszEnglandzLondonxHistoryy18th century. 0aAmericanszEnglandzLondonvBiography. 0aVisitors, ForeignzEnglandzLondon. 0aLondon (England)xIntellectual lifey18th century. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579324zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c86456d86456