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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... 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 ...
... 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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... linkages were the building blocks of informal and loosely structured—yet powerful—trade affiliations, or printing “networks.” Most printing networks in early 1 Introduction: The Challenge of Franklin's Printing Network.
... linkages were the building blocks of informal and loosely structured—yet powerful—trade affiliations, or printing “networks.” Most printing networks in early 1 Introduction: The Challenge of Franklin's Printing Network.
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... trade, Franklin was the most renowned and successful. Born when only one newspaper was printed in North America, and that under the ponderous hand of colonial authority, he lived long enough to see and contribute to the spread of a ...
... trade, Franklin was the most renowned and successful. Born when only one newspaper was printed in North America, and that under the ponderous hand of colonial authority, he lived long enough to see and contribute to the spread of a ...
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... trade associates , and / or family members . However , any analysis of printing net- works must begin by considering the concept of a network as a field of social interaction , a “ community ” linked not by geographic boundaries but by ...
... trade associates , and / or family members . However , any analysis of printing net- works must begin by considering the concept of a network as a field of social interaction , a “ community ” linked not by geographic boundaries but by ...
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... trade associations and networks , are often more effective at molding behavior than civil laws . 13 Indeed , these institutions sometimes subvert the law . Groups Introduction : The Challenge of Franklin's Printing Network 5.
... trade associations and networks , are often more effective at molding behavior than civil laws . 13 Indeed , these institutions sometimes subvert the law . Groups Introduction : The Challenge of Franklin's Printing Network 5.
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 |
Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca No preview available - 2006 |
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