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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... readers of his Poor Richard's Almanack in 1739.1 Franklin's view, although characteristically cynical, underscores the historian's important role of “interpreter.” When there is dis- agreement on the “truth” of what happened in the past ...
... readers of his Poor Richard's Almanack in 1739.1 Franklin's view, although characteristically cynical, underscores the historian's important role of “interpreter.” When there is dis- agreement on the “truth” of what happened in the past ...
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... reading , Or do things worth the writing , " " Poor Richard " advised his readers in 1738.4 During his lifetime, Franklin accomplished vííí Preface.
... reading , Or do things worth the writing , " " Poor Richard " advised his readers in 1738.4 During his lifetime, Franklin accomplished vííí Preface.
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Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. advised his readers in 1738.4 During his lifetime, Franklin ... reading.” I am indebted to the library staffs of the various archives listed in the “Abbreviations” section. Plaudits are ...
Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. advised his readers in 1738.4 During his lifetime, Franklin ... reading.” I am indebted to the library staffs of the various archives listed in the “Abbreviations” section. Plaudits are ...
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... readers, their reliance on subsidy in the form of printing contracts, and the public's desire for an activist press to represent the populace in the political process.1 Many scholars have considered legal limitations and political ...
... readers, their reliance on subsidy in the form of printing contracts, and the public's desire for an activist press to represent the populace in the political process.1 Many scholars have considered legal limitations and political ...
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... readers in “avoiding the errors which were prejudicial to me.”12 Franklin wrote the Autobiography in four parts ... reader nor author could be sure of truth,” one biographer noted.15 Whatever the degree of truth in the memoirs ...
... readers in “avoiding the errors which were prejudicial to me.”12 Franklin wrote the Autobiography in four parts ... reader nor author could be sure of truth,” one biographer noted.15 Whatever the degree of truth in the memoirs ...
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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