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Benjamin Franklin's printing network : disseminating virtue in early America / Ralph Frasca.
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Frasca, Ralph, 1962-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2006]
©2006
Description
ix, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
Z232.F8 F83 2006
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Subject(s)
Business networks
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United States
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History
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18th century
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Printing industry
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United States
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History
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18th century
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Printers
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Political activity
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United States
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History
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18th century
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Printing
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Social aspects
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United States
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History
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18th century
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Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790
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Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790
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Friends and associates
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Summary note
"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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-289) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The challenge of Franklin's printing network
The art of virtue and the virtue of the art
From apprentice to journeyman to master printer
The moral foundations of Franklin's journalism
Communicating instruction in Philadelphia
Spreading virtue to South Carolina
Network expansion from New York to the Caribbean
The political imperative of the Pennsylvania German partnerships
Franklin plants a printer in his native New England
Renegade second-generation printers
The Franklin network and the Stamp Act
Rebellion and network loyalties
The moral reform of a scurrilous press
Conclusion: God, humanity, and Franklin's legacy.
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ISBN
0826216145 ((alk. paper))
9780826216144 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
2005027403
OCLC
62118213
International Article Number
9780826216144
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