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The Cambridge companion to Benjamin Franklin
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The Cambridge companion to Benjamin Franklin

Author: Carla Mulford
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Series: Cambridge companions to American studies.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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From the Publisher: Comprehensive and accessible, this Companion addresses several well-known themes in the study of Franklin and his writings, while also showing Franklin in conversation with his British and European counterparts in science, philosophy, and social theory. Specially commissioned chapters, written by scholars well-known in their respective fields, examine Franklin's writings and his life with a new  Read more...
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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.  Read more...

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