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The Cambridge companion to Benjamin Franklin / edited by Carla Mulford.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge companions to American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Political and social views.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Influence.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Knowledge and learning.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Political and social views.
- United States.
- Scientists--United States--Biography.
- Scientists.
- United States--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 183 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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 sophistication, placing Franklin in his cultural milieu while revealing the complexities of his intellectual, literary, social, and political views. Individual chapters take up several traditional topics, such as Franklin and the American dream, Franklin and capitalism, and Franklin's views of American national character. Other chapters delve into Franklin's library and his philosophical views on morality, religion, science, and the Enlightenment and explore his continuing influence in American culture. This Companion will be essential reading for students and scholars of American literature, history and culture.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781139002349
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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