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A Companion to Benjamin Franklin


A Companion to Benjamin Franklin


Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History, Band 53 1. Aufl.

von: David Waldstreicher

166,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 13.06.2011
ISBN/EAN: 9781444342123
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 560

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<p><b>This companion provides a comprehensive survey of the life, work and legacy of Benjamin Franklin - the oldest, most distinctive, and multifaceted of the founders.</b></p> <ul> <li>Includes contributions from across a range of academic disciplines</li> <li>Combines traditional and cutting-edge scholarship, from accomplished and emerging experts in the field</li> <li>Pays special attention to the American Revolution, the Enlightenment, journalism, colonial American society, and themes of race, class, and gender</li> <li>Places Franklin in the context of recent work in political theory, American Studies, American literature, material culture studies, popular culture, and international relations</li> </ul>
List of Figures x <p>About the Contributors xi</p> <p>Introduction 1<br /> <i>David Waldstreicher</i></p> <p><b>Part I Biography 5</b></p> <p>1 Franklin’s Boston Years, 1706–1723 7<br /> <i>Nian-Sheng Huang</i></p> <p>2 The Philadelphia Years, 1723–1757 25<br /> <i>George W. Boudreau</i></p> <p>3 The Making of a Patriot, 1757–1775 46<br /> <i>Sheila L. Skemp</i></p> <p>4 Franklin Furioso, 1775–1790 65<br /> <i>Jonathan R. Dull</i></p> <p><b>Part II Franklin and Eighteenth-Century America 81</b></p> <p>5 Benjamin Franklin and Colonial Society 83<br /> <i>Konstantin Dierks</i></p> <p>6 Benjamin Franklin and Pennsylvania Politics 104<br /> <i>Alan Tully</i></p> <p>7 Benjamin Franklin and Religion 129<br /> <i>John Fea</i></p> <p>8 Benjamin Franklin and the Coming of the American Revolution 146<br /> <i>Benjamin L. Carp</i></p> <p>9 Benjamin Franklin and Native Americans 164<br /> <i>Timothy J. Shannon</i></p> <p>10 The Complexion of My Country: Benjamin Franklin and the Problem of Racial Diversity 183<br /> <i>Nicholas Guyatt</i></p> <p>11 Benjamin Franklin, Capitalism, and Slavery 211<br /> <i>David Waldstreicher</i></p> <p>12 Benjamin Franklin and Women 237<br /> <i>Susan E. Klepp</i></p> <p><b>Part III Franklin the Writer and Thinker 253</b></p> <p>13 “The Manners and Situation of a Rising People”: Reading Franklin’s <i>Autobiography</i> 255<br /> <i>Ormond Seavey</i></p> <p>14 Poor Richard’s Almanac 275<br /> <i>William Pencak</i></p> <p>15 Benjamin Franklin and Journalism 290<br /> <i>David Paul Nord</i></p> <p>16 Benjamin Franklin, the Science of Flow, and the Legacy of the Enlightenment 308<br /> <i>Laura Rigal</i></p> <p>17 Benjamin Franklin, Associations, and Civil Society 335<br /> <i>Albrecht Koschnik</i></p> <p>18 Empire and Nation 359<br /> <i>Eliga H. Gould</i></p> <p>19 Franklin’s Pictorial Representations of British America 373<br /> <i>Lester C. Olson</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Franklin and the Categories of Inquiry 391</b></p> <p>20 American Literature and American Studies 393<br /> <i>Edward Cahill</i></p> <p>21 Benjamin Franklin’s Material Cultures 412<br /> <i>Megan E. Walsh</i></p> <p>22 Benjamin Franklin and Political Theory 430<br /> <i>Jerry Weinberger</i></p> <p>23 Benjamin Franklin and International Relations 463<br /> <i>Leonard J. Sadosky</i></p> <p>24 Benjamin Franklin in Memory and Popular Culture 479<br /> <i>Andrew M. Schocket</i></p> <p>Bibliography 499</p> <p>Index 536</p>
<p>“Readers will also appreciate the text’s comprehensive bibliography.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  General readers, upper-division undergraduates, researchers/faculty.”  (<i>Choice</i>, 1 April 2012)</p>
<b>David Waldstreicher</b> is Professor of History at Temple University. He is the author of numerous publications including<i> Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification</i> (2009); <i>Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery and the American Revolution</i> (2004); and <i>In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820</i> (1997).
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. <br /> <br /> Written by contributors from across a range of academic disciplines, <i>A Companion to Benjamin Franklin</i> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.
“A wonderful addition to the field of eighteenth-century studies, making available in a single volume the latest scholarship on this important figure.” – <i>Kate Mearns Ohno, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Yale University<br /> </i><br /> “This wide-ranging collection of essays enhances our understanding of the endlessly fascinating runaway, printer, scientist, imperial servant, and revolutionary Benjamin Franklin, and illuminates his significance in American history and culture.” – <i>Simon P. Newman, Sir Denis Brogan Professor of American History, University of Glasgow<br /> </i><br /> <br />

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