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Benjamin Franklin's printing network : disseminating virtue in early America / Ralph Frasca.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frasca, Ralph, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business networks--United States--History--18th century.
- Business networks.
- Printing industry--United States--History--18th century.
- Printing industry.
- Printers--United States--Political activity--History--18th century.
- Printers.
- Printing--Social aspects--United States--History--18th century.
- Printing.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Career in printing.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Friends and associates.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (308 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network Disseminating Virtue in Early America
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction The Challenge of Franklin's Printing Network
- 1 The Art of Virtue and the Virtue of the Art
- 2 From Apprentice to Journeyman to Master Printer
- 3 The Moral Foundations of Franklin's Journalism
- 4 Communicating Instruction in Philadelphia
- 5 Spreading Virtue to South Carolina
- 6 Network Expansion from New York to the Caribbean
- 7 The Political Imperative of the Pennsylvania German Partnerships
- 8 Franklin Plants a Printer in His Native New England
- 9 Renegade Second-Generation Printers
- 10 The Franklin Network and the Stamp Act
- 11 Rebellion and Network Loyalties
- 12 The Moral Reform of a Scurrilous Press
- Conclusion God, Humanity, and Franklin's Legacy
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-289) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6492-1
- OCLC:
- 191934829
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