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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Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. chase printing materials , rent a shop , and hire employees . This financial backing sometimes came from an established printer who used his influence and capital in exchange for a ...
Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. chase printing materials , rent a shop , and hire employees . This financial backing sometimes came from an established printer who used his influence and capital in exchange for a ...
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Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. was that the work be “ entertaining , interesting , and useful " in educating read- ers about his virtue - driven “ modes of conduct . " 16 Writing ... Virtue and the Virtue of the Art 11.
Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. was that the work be “ entertaining , interesting , and useful " in educating read- ers about his virtue - driven “ modes of conduct . " 16 Writing ... Virtue and the Virtue of the Art 11.
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... virtue in the post-Revolution new nation.28 Franklin's efforts to demonstrate the earthly rewards of virtue repre- sented a partial repudiation of the Judeo-Christian belief in celestial happi- ness through worldly holiness. He had been ...
... virtue in the post-Revolution new nation.28 Franklin's efforts to demonstrate the earthly rewards of virtue repre- sented a partial repudiation of the Judeo-Christian belief in celestial happi- ness through worldly holiness. He had been ...
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Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. 35 moral instruction , considering his own lapses . His efforts to maintain the virtue of “ chastity ” had been confounded by “ that hard - to - be - govern'd Passion of Youth ” that ...
Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. 35 moral instruction , considering his own lapses . His efforts to maintain the virtue of “ chastity ” had been confounded by “ that hard - to - be - govern'd Passion of Youth ” that ...
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Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. Wealth and thereby securing Virtue . ” In Franklin's estimation , wealth was useful because poverty often creates a barrier to moral rectitude . One way to minimize pecuniary wants was ...
Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca. Wealth and thereby securing Virtue . ” In Franklin's estimation , wealth was useful because poverty often creates a barrier to moral rectitude . One way to minimize pecuniary wants was ...
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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