LEADER 04122nam 2200685 450 001 9910208823603321 005 20170918173610.0 010 $a1-4443-5071-4 010 $a1-4443-4212-6 010 $a1-283-17815-X 010 $a1-78268-427-1 010 $a1-4443-4215-0 010 $a9786613178152 010 $a1-4443-4213-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000503605 035 $a(EBL)4041652 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC697791 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4041652 035 $a(PPN)188267395 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000503605 100 $a20160111h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 02$aA companion to Benjamin Franklin /$fedited by David Waldstreicher ; contributors George W. Boudreau [and twenty three others] 210 1$aChichester, England ;$aMalden, Massachusetts :$cWiley-Blackwell,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (501 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell Companions to American History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-9996-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Biography -- pt. 2. Franklin and eighteenth-century America -- pt. 3. Franklin the writer and thinker -- pt. 4. Franklin and the categories of inquiry. 330 $a"This companion provides a comprehensive survey of the life, work and legacy of Benjamin Franklin - the oldest, most distinctive, and multifaceted of the founders ... Includes contributions from across a range of academic disciplines. Combines traditional and cutting-edge scholarship, from accomplished and emerging experts in the field. Pays special attention to the American Revolution, the Enlightenment, journalism, colonial American society, and themes of race, class, and gender. Places Franklin in the context of recent work in political theory, American Studies, American literature, material culture studies, popular culture, and international relations"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Benjamin Franklin was the oldest and most distinctive of America's founding fathers and he represents a political tradition that has been all but forgotten today - one that prizes pragmatism over moralism, religious tolerance over fundamentalist rigidity, and social mobility over privilege. Written by contributors from across a range of academic disciplines, A Companion to Benjamin Franklin brings together traditional and cutting-edge scholarship to explore the different ideas and approaches to a figure of singular importance in American political, cultural, intellectual, and literary history. Biographical chapters provide an introduction to the four main phases of Franklin's life and the ways in which they have been interpreted, while others examine his diverse range of interests and the related concerns of biographers and scholars who have produced important work about the man and his times. The final section places Franklin in the context of recent work that has situated him within political theory and international relations, literary and cultural studies, and popular culture"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aBlackwell companions to American history. 606 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aScientists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aInventors$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPrinters$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783 615 0$aStatesmen 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aInventors 615 0$aPrinters 676 $a973.3092 686 $aHIS036020$2bisacsh 702 $aWaldstreicher$b David 702 $aBoudreau$b George W. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910208823603321 996 $aA companion to Benjamin Franklin$92067950 997 $aUNINA