04122nam 2200685 450 991020882360332120170918173610.01-4443-5071-41-4443-4212-61-283-17815-X1-78268-427-11-4443-4215-097866131781521-4443-4213-4(CKB)3710000000503605(EBL)4041652(MiAaPQ)EBC697791(MiAaPQ)EBC4041652(PPN)188267395(EXLCZ)99371000000050360520160111h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierA companion to Benjamin Franklin /edited by David Waldstreicher ; contributors George W. Boudreau [and twenty three others]Chichester, England ;Malden, Massachusetts :Wiley-Blackwell,2011.©20111 online resource (501 p.)Blackwell Companions to American HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-9996-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Biography -- pt. 2. Franklin and eighteenth-century America -- pt. 3. Franklin the writer and thinker -- pt. 4. Franklin and the categories of inquiry."This companion provides a comprehensive survey of the life, work and legacy of Benjamin Franklin - the oldest, most distinctive, and multifaceted of the founders ... Includes contributions from across a range of academic disciplines. Combines traditional and cutting-edge scholarship, from accomplished and emerging experts in the field. Pays special attention to the American Revolution, the Enlightenment, journalism, colonial American society, and themes of race, class, and gender. Places Franklin in the context of recent work in political theory, American Studies, American literature, material culture studies, popular culture, and international relations"--Provided by publisher."Benjamin Franklin was the oldest and most distinctive of America's founding fathers and he represents a political tradition that has been all but forgotten today - one that prizes pragmatism over moralism, religious tolerance over fundamentalist rigidity, and social mobility over privilege. Written by contributors from across a range of academic disciplines, A Companion to Benjamin Franklin brings together traditional and cutting-edge scholarship to explore the different ideas and approaches to a figure of singular importance in American political, cultural, intellectual, and literary history. Biographical chapters provide an introduction to the four main phases of Franklin's life and the ways in which they have been interpreted, while others examine his diverse range of interests and the related concerns of biographers and scholars who have produced important work about the man and his times. The final section places Franklin in the context of recent work that has situated him within political theory and international relations, literary and cultural studies, and popular culture"--Provided by publisher.Blackwell companions to American history.StatesmenUnited StatesBiographyScientistsUnited StatesBiographyInventorsUnited StatesBiographyPrintersUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesIntellectual life18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783StatesmenScientistsInventorsPrinters973.3092HIS036020bisacshWaldstreicher DavidBoudreau George W.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910208823603321A companion to Benjamin Franklin2067950UNINA