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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... colonial authority, he lived long enough to see and contribute to the spread of a vigorous and in- structive press throughout America's eastern seaboard. Franklin's life has been recounted in myriad biographies, and most facets of his ...
... colonial authority, he lived long enough to see and contribute to the spread of a vigorous and in- structive press throughout America's eastern seaboard. Franklin's life has been recounted in myriad biographies, and most facets of his ...
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... colonial printers . The prudential elements of the network were also beneficial to all parties , as Franklin occasionally provided instructions to network printers that shaped their editorial content and helped them cope with social and ...
... colonial printers . The prudential elements of the network were also beneficial to all parties , as Franklin occasionally provided instructions to network printers that shaped their editorial content and helped them cope with social and ...
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... colonial so- ciety, Franklin commenced a practice of forming printing partnerships. His first was a short-lived arrangement with Hugh Meredith in Philadelphia, but Franklin soon fashioned a plan to create a chain of partnerships in ...
... colonial so- ciety, Franklin commenced a practice of forming printing partnerships. His first was a short-lived arrangement with Hugh Meredith in Philadelphia, but Franklin soon fashioned a plan to create a chain of partnerships in ...
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... colonies and abroad . It also encouraged them to publish newspapers and communicate more with Franklin , because letters and ... colonial America , in which master craftsmen used ap- prenticeships to limit the growth of their trades . By ...
... colonies and abroad . It also encouraged them to publish newspapers and communicate more with Franklin , because letters and ... colonial America , in which master craftsmen used ap- prenticeships to limit the growth of their trades . By ...
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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