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The Cambridge companion to Benjamin Franklin
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- Summary
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Essential reading for students and scholars of American literature, history and culture, this resource addresses several well-known themes in the study of Franklin and his writings, while also show...
Essential reading for students and scholars of American literature, history and culture, this resource 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.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Carla Mulford
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2009]
- ©2009
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 176 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781139002349, 1139002341, 9780521871341, 0521871344, 9780521691864, 0521691869, 9780521871341
- OCLC
- ocn723453835
- "Cambridge collections online."
- Title from home page (viewed Jan. 27, 2011).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Introduction / Carla Mulford -- Benjamin Franklin's library / Kevin J. Hayes -- The Art of Virtue / Douglas Anderson -- Franklin's satiric vein / Paul E. Kerry -- Franklin in the republic of letters / David S. Shields -- Benjamin Franklin's natural philosophy / Joyce E. Chaplin -- Franklin and the Enlightenment / Frank Kelleter -- Franklin and the question of religion / Kerry Walters -- The pragmatist in Franklin / James Campbell -- Franklin on national character and the Great Seal of the United States / Lester C. Olson -- Protestant ethic or conspicuous consumption? Benjamin Franklin and the Gilded Age / Wilson J. Moses -- Benjamin Franklin and the American Dream / Nian-Sheng Huang and Carla Mulford -- Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, then and now / Stephen Carl Arch