Benjamin Franklin's printing network : disseminating virtue in early America /

Benjamin Franklin's printing network : disseminating virtue in early America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Frasca, Ralph, 1962-
Imprint:	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Description:	ix, 295 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Career in printing. Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 -- Friends and associates. Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 Business networks -- United States -- History -- 18th century. Printing industry -- United States -- History -- 18th century. Printers -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 18th century. Printing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century. Business networks. Friendship. Printers -- Political activity. Printing. Printing industry. Printing -- Social aspects. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5843395

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ISBN:	9780826216144 (alk. paper) 0826216145 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-289) and index.
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.

Table of 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