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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... the numerous lengthy treatments of the subject. Consequently, the interesting stories of Franklin's apprenticeship in Boston, his service as a journeyman in London and Philadelphia , the British influences on his writing , vii Preface.
... the numerous lengthy treatments of the subject. Consequently, the interesting stories of Franklin's apprenticeship in Boston, his service as a journeyman in London and Philadelphia , the British influences on his writing , vii Preface.
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... writing , and his career as printer of the Pennsylvania Gazette are treated in a cursory manner , as are his numerous ... writings . The sole exception to my policy is the substitution of periods for dashes , which some eighteenth ...
... writing , and his career as printer of the Pennsylvania Gazette are treated in a cursory manner , as are his numerous ... writings . The sole exception to my policy is the substitution of periods for dashes , which some eighteenth ...
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... writings and printing career as self-serving and pecuniary. Surveying some of the articles and books about Franklin's writings, one reviewer noted, “So complex has this 'simple' man become in recent years that it is now diffi- cult to ...
... writings and printing career as self-serving and pecuniary. Surveying some of the articles and books about Franklin's writings, one reviewer noted, “So complex has this 'simple' man become in recent years that it is now diffi- cult to ...
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... Writing two weeks before Franklin's death that “ The history of our Revolution will be one continued Lye from one end to the other , " Adams de- cried that history books would certify “ that Dr. Franklins electrical rod , smote the ...
... Writing two weeks before Franklin's death that “ The history of our Revolution will be one continued Lye from one end to the other , " Adams de- cried that history books would certify “ that Dr. Franklins electrical rod , smote the ...
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... writings like The Iliadand Beowulf, Franklin found it conveniently self-effacing to depict himself as a well-meaning young provincial swept up on a whirlwind voyage, in search of fulfillment and virtue. Brother James Franklin and ...
... writings like The Iliadand Beowulf, Franklin found it conveniently self-effacing to depict himself as a well-meaning young provincial swept up on a whirlwind voyage, in search of fulfillment and virtue. Brother James Franklin and ...
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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