A companion to Benjamin Franklin /

"Benjamin Franklin was the oldest and most distinctive of America's founding fathers and he represents a political tradition that has been all but forgotten today - one that prizes pragmatism over moralism, religious tolerance over fundamentalist rigidity, and social mobility over privileg...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Waldstreicher, David
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Series:	Blackwell companions to American history. Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:	Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790. Inventors > United States > Biography. Printers > United States > Biography. Scientists > United States > Biography. Statesmen > United States > Biography. HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775) United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783. United States > Intellectual life > 18th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Frankln's Boston years, 1706-1723 / Nian-Sheng Huang
The Philadelphia years, 1723-1757 / George W. Boudreau
The making of a patriot, 1757-1775 / Sheila L. Skemp
Franklin Furioso, 1775-1790 / Jonathan R. Dull
Benjamin Franklin and colonial society / Konstantin Dierks
Benjamin Franklin and Pennsylvania politics / Alan Tully
Benjamin Franklin and religion / John Fea
Benjamin Franklin and the coming of the American Revolution / Benjamin L. Carp
Benjamin Franklin and Native Americans / Timothy J. Shannon
The complexion of my country: Benjamin Franklin and the problem of racial diversity / Nicholas Guyatt
Benjamin Franklin, capitalsim, and slavery / David Waldstreicher
Benjamin Franklin and women / Susan E. Klepp
"The manners and situation of a rising people": reading Franklin's autobiography / Ormond Seavey
Poor Richard's almanac / William Pencak
Benjamin Franklin and journalism / David Paul Nord
Benjamin Franklin, the science of flow, and the legacy of the enlightenment / Laura Rigal
Benjamin Franklin, associations, and civil society / Albrecht Koschnik
Empire and nation / Eliga H. Gould
Franklin's pictoral representations of British America / Lester C. Olson
American literature and American studies / Edward Cahill
Benjamin Franklin's material cultures / Megan E. Walsh
Benjamin Franklin and political theory / Jerry Weinberger
Benjamin Franklin and international relations / Leonard J. Sadosky
Benjamin Franklin in memory and popular culture / Andrew M. Schocket.