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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Benjamin Franklin; Benjamin Franklin; Benjamin Franklin; Benjamin Franklin |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carla Mulford |
| ISBN: | 9780521871341 0521871344 9780521691864 0521691869 |
| OCLC Number: | 243845213 |
| Description: | xxii, 183 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Method of citation -- Chronology of Franklin's life / Compiled by Rochelle Raineri Zuck -- Introduction / Carla Mulford -- 1: Benjamin Franklin's library / Kevin J Hayes -- 2: Art of virtue / Douglas Anderson -- 3: Franklin's satiric vein / Paul E Kerry -- 4: Franklin in the republic of letters / David S Shields -- 5: Benjamin Franklin's natural philosophy / Joyce E Chaplin -- 6: Franklin and the Enlightenment / Frank Kelleter -- 7: Franklin and the question of religion / Kerry Walters -- 8: Pragmatist in Franklin / James Campbell -- 9: Franklin on national character and the Great Seal of the United States / Lester C Olson -- 10: Protestant ethic or conspicuous consumption? : Benjamin Franklin and the Gilded Age / Wilson J Moses -- 11: Benjamin Franklin and the American dream / Nian-Sheng Huang and Carla Mulford -- 12: Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, then and now / Stephen Carl Arch -- Further reading -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Cambridge companions to American studies. |
| Other Titles: | Companion to Benjamin Franklin |
| Responsibility: | edited by Carla Mulford. |
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A valuable overview for students and scholars of American literature, history and culture.
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