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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... Journalism 36 4. Communicating Instruction in Philadelphia 48 5. Spreading Virtue to South Carolina 64 6. Network Expansion from New York to the Caribbean 78 7. The Political Imperative of the Pennsylvania German Partnerships 98 8 ...
... Journalism 36 4. Communicating Instruction in Philadelphia 48 5. Spreading Virtue to South Carolina 64 6. Network Expansion from New York to the Caribbean 78 7. The Political Imperative of the Pennsylvania German Partnerships 98 8 ...
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... journalism career , but rather an analysis of his methods — and particularly , his motivations — for establishing business and personal relations with other printers of the era . They range from the Job - like James Parker to the ...
... journalism career , but rather an analysis of his methods — and particularly , his motivations — for establishing business and personal relations with other printers of the era . They range from the Job - like James Parker to the ...
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... Journalism, Connecticut History, Fides et Historia, Michigan Acade- mician, New Jersey History, Pennsylvania History, and The Pennsylvania Maga- zine of History and Biography. I particularly appreciate the contributions of numerous ...
... Journalism, Connecticut History, Fides et Historia, Michigan Acade- mician, New Jersey History, Pennsylvania History, and The Pennsylvania Maga- zine of History and Biography. I particularly appreciate the contributions of numerous ...
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... journalism, because through it he financed and assisted some of the most important printers of the era and helped ... journalistic career have been dutifully chronicled. He has been lavished with hagiographic encomiums as the “Franklin ...
... journalism, because through it he financed and assisted some of the most important printers of the era and helped ... journalistic career have been dutifully chronicled. He has been lavished with hagiographic encomiums as the “Franklin ...
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... journalism . The middle four de- lineate successes and failures of some major partnerships at expanding Frank- lin's network and promoting virtue among diverse audiences . The final four chapters examine the network's disintegration and ...
... journalism . The middle four de- lineate successes and failures of some major partnerships at expanding Frank- lin's network and promoting virtue among diverse audiences . The final four chapters examine the network's disintegration 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 |
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