Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America"Explores Benjamin Franklin's network of partnerships and business relationships with printers. His network altered practices in both European and American colonial printing trades by providing capital and political influence to set up working partnerships with James Parker, Francis Childs, Benjamin Mecom, Benjamin Franklin Bache, David Hall, Anthony Armbruster, and others"--Provided by publisher. |
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... England 115 9. Renegade Second-Generation Printers 123 10. The Franklin Network and the Stamp Act 138 11. Rebellion and Network Loyalties 155 12. The Moral Reform of a Scurrilous Press 168 Conclusion: God, Humanity, and Franklin's ...
... England 115 9. Renegade Second-Generation Printers 123 10. The Franklin Network and the Stamp Act 138 11. Rebellion and Network Loyalties 155 12. The Moral Reform of a Scurrilous Press 168 Conclusion: God, Humanity, and Franklin's ...
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... England to the West Indies, and comprised more than two dozen printers. As an economic entity and source of mutual support, Franklin's network was integral to the success of many eighteenth-century printers and played a key role in the ...
... England to the West Indies, and comprised more than two dozen printers. As an economic entity and source of mutual support, Franklin's network was integral to the success of many eighteenth-century printers and played a key role in the ...
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... England, where governments assumed responsibility for regulating commerce and ensuring a sufficient workforce. Beginning at a young age, apprentices served up to ten years as contractually bound, unpaid laborers. They made written ...
... England, where governments assumed responsibility for regulating commerce and ensuring a sufficient workforce. Beginning at a young age, apprentices served up to ten years as contractually bound, unpaid laborers. They made written ...
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... England Courant , until he turned twenty - one ( effectively , for a period of more than eight years ) . The ... England instead of America , Franklin would not have suc- ceeded in billing himself as a journeyman. England's eighteenth ...
... England Courant , until he turned twenty - one ( effectively , for a period of more than eight years ) . The ... England instead of America , Franklin would not have suc- ceeded in billing himself as a journeyman. England's eighteenth ...
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... England's eighteenth-century guild jurisdiction was so powerful that he probably would have failed to find work because his credentials would have been thoroughly investigated. Had he been discovered as a runaway apprentice, he could ...
... England's eighteenth-century guild jurisdiction was so powerful that he probably would have failed to find work because his credentials would have been thoroughly investigated. Had he been discovered as a runaway apprentice, he could ...
Contents
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36 | |
Spreading Virtue to South Carolina | 64 |
Network Expansion from New York to the Caribbean | 78 |
The Political Imperative of the Pennsylvania German Partnerships | 98 |
Franklin Plants a Printer in His Native New England | 115 |
The Franklin Network and the Stamp Act | 138 |
Rebellion and Network Loyalties | 155 |
The Moral Reform of a Scurrilous Press | 168 |
God Humanity and Franklins Legacy | 192 |
Abbreviations | 209 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 291 |
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Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca Limited preview - 2006 |
Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca No preview available - 2006 |
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Advertiser American Weekly Mercury Andrew Bradford Antigua apprentice apprenticeship April Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Bache BF to Jane BF to Joseph BF to Peter BF to William Boston Bradford British Cadwallader Colden character Charles Town Colonial colonists Connecticut David Hall December editorial eighteenth-century England essays father February Francis Childs Franklin network Franklin wrote Galloway German Haven History of Printing ibid Isaiah Thomas James Parker Jane Mecom January Jared Ingersoll John Holt Joseph Galloway journalism journeyman JP to BF June Keimer later Liberty London moral New-York Gazette newspaper November October pamphlet Papers partnership Pennsylvania Gazette Peter Collinson Peter Timothy Philadelphia political Poor Richard printers printing house Printing in America printing network published readers Richard Bache Samuel Sauer September September 14 Smith Society South Carolina South-Carolina Gazette Stamp Act trade University Press virtue virtuous Weyman Whitmarsh William Goddard William Strahan WrBF writings York