Atlantic cousins : Benjamin Franklin and his visionary friends / Jack Fruchtman, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fruchtman, Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Friends and associates.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Enlightenment--United States.

Enlightenment.

United States--Intellectual life--18th century.

United States.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Friendship.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

404 pages : portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, [2005]

Summary:

"Benjamin Franklin and his fellow thinkers of the Enlightenment are among the most intriguing people in history. In nearly all areas - science, politics, social justice, philosophy, medicine - these men and women revolutionized the world around them. Even by our standards, their ideas seem inspired and inspiring." "Atlantic Cousins illuminates the work of these extraordinary visionaries, whose progressive ideas and ideals still ring true today. The author, a veteran writer of popular histories, uses anecdotes and short histories to engage the reader, and he roots it all in intense scholarship and research worthy of the subject matter."--Jacket.

Contents:

Three men and the horrors of slavery : Whitefield, Benezet, and Sharp

Benjamin Rush, revolution, religion, and medicine

Paine, revolutionary zeal, and engineering

Price and Priestley, religious dissent and revolution

Price, Priestley, and scientific Inquiry

Marat and Mesmer, charlatans or misunderstood scientists?

Condorcet, revolution, and la République Française

Brissot, revolutionary politics, and democracy

Learning in the new era

Epilogue : a future of progress, liberty, and justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-386) and index.

ISBN:

1560256680

9781560256687

OCLC:

58973854

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