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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... Mecom , Benjamin Franklin Bache , David Hall , Anthony Armbruster , and others ” —Provided by publisher . Includes bibliographical references ( p . ) and index . ISBN - 13 : 978-0-8262-1614-4 ( alk . paper ) ISBN - 10 : 0-8262-1614-5 ...
... Mecom , Benjamin Franklin Bache , David Hall , Anthony Armbruster , and others ” —Provided by publisher . Includes bibliographical references ( p . ) and index . ISBN - 13 : 978-0-8262-1614-4 ( alk . paper ) ISBN - 10 : 0-8262-1614-5 ...
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... Mecom . With these and many other printers , Franklin fashioned an informal network of affiliated partners , rela- tives , and allies that not only proved essential to the development of the early American press , but served to ...
... Mecom . With these and many other printers , Franklin fashioned an informal network of affiliated partners , rela- tives , and allies that not only proved essential to the development of the early American press , but served to ...
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... Mecom as an apprentice in 1745 when Mecom, the son of Franklin's sister Jane Mecom, was about twelve years old. The relationship was a stormy one, and Mecom wrote bitterly to his mother and uncle about Parker's poor treat- ment of him.
... Mecom as an apprentice in 1745 when Mecom, the son of Franklin's sister Jane Mecom, was about twelve years old. The relationship was a stormy one, and Mecom wrote bitterly to his mother and uncle about Parker's poor treat- ment of him.
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Contents
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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 |
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