This companion provides a comprehensive survey of the life, work and legacy of Benjamin Franklin - the oldest, most distinctive, and multifaceted of the founders.</p><ul type="disc"><li>Includes contributions from across a range of academic disciplines </li><li>Combines traditional and cutting-edge
A Companion to Benjamin Franklin
โ Scribed by David Waldstreicher
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 561
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
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
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