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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... autobiography and in his purportedly light bagatelles.”4 Franklin's dual organizational and ideological influences on the early American press have been cursorily considered since the early twentieth cen- tury, but explorations of it as ...
... autobiography and in his purportedly light bagatelles.”4 Franklin's dual organizational and ideological influences on the early American press have been cursorily considered since the early twentieth cen- tury, but explorations of it as ...
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... Autobiography , repeatedly observ- ing how his reputation and business opportunities improved as he became acquainted with “ many principal People of the Province ” and made “ some very ingenious Acquaintance whose Conversation was of ...
... Autobiography , repeatedly observ- ing how his reputation and business opportunities improved as he became acquainted with “ many principal People of the Province ” and made “ some very ingenious Acquaintance whose Conversation was of ...
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... Autobiography were parts of a brilliantly successful effort to shape opinion about his character and achievements , as well as to encourage others to follow his example . 11 Franklin enjoyed the project , telling a French correspondent ...
... Autobiography were parts of a brilliantly successful effort to shape opinion about his character and achievements , as well as to encourage others to follow his example . 11 Franklin enjoyed the project , telling a French correspondent ...
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... Autobiography in four parts, initially in the form of a letter to his son William, from whom he later became estranged. In it, Franklin cast himself as a multifaceted character, alternating among the roles of civic philanthropist, moral ...
... Autobiography in four parts, initially in the form of a letter to his son William, from whom he later became estranged. In it, Franklin cast himself as a multifaceted character, alternating among the roles of civic philanthropist, moral ...
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... Autobiography in stages between 1771 and his death in 1790 , Franklin sought to influence public opinion about himself , both among his contemporaries and for posterity . He crafted it as a literary work in which he as the central ...
... Autobiography in stages between 1771 and his death in 1790 , Franklin sought to influence public opinion about himself , both among his contemporaries and for posterity . He crafted it as a literary work in which he as the central ...
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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