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Format: 1 online resource (221 pages)

ISBN: 9781611470291 (e-book)

Note: "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more" / Paul E. Kerry and Matthew S. Holland -- Franklin's masks: a play upon possibility / Michael Zuckerman -- Benjamin Franklin unmasked / Jerry Weinberger -- Early modern imperialism, traditions of liberalism, and Franklin's ends of empire / Carla Mulford -- Benjamin Franklin, the mysterious "Charles de Weissenstein," and Britain's failure to coax revolutionary Americans back into the empire / Neil L. York -- Benjamin Franklin, student of the Holy Roman Empire: his summer journey to Germany in 1766 and his interest in the empire's federal constitution / Jürgen Overhoff -- Benjamin Franklin and the leather apron men: the politics of class in eighteenth-century Philadelphia / Simon P. Newman -- Recasting Franklin as printer: a note on recent historiography / Doug Thomas -- Benjamin Franklin, Richard Price, and the division of sacred and secular in the age of revolutions / Benjamin E. Park -- Ben Franklin and Socrates / Lorraine Smith Pangle -- From Weimar, with love: Benjamin Franklin's influence on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's self-fashioning / Paul E. Kerry -- Afterword: Benjamin Franklin's material presence in a digital age and popular culture world / Roy E. Goodman.

Additional Edition: Print version: Benjamin Franklin's intellectual world. Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2012] ISBN 9781611470284

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource (222 pages)

ISBN: 9781611470291

Content: The essays in this volume explore how Franklin's political and philosophical thinking was informed, while examining the deep appeal that Franklin has had on generation after generation of Americans.

Content: Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more . . ." -- Abbreviations -- Franklin's Masks -- Benjamin Franklin Unmasked -- Early Modern Imperialism, Traditions of Liberalism, and Franklin's Ends of Empire -- Benjamin Franklin, the Mysterious "Charles de Weissenstein," and Britain's Failure to Coax Revolutionary Americans Back into the Empire -- Benjamin Franklin, Student of the Holy Roman Empire -- Benjamin Franklin and the Leather-Apron Men -- Recasting Franklin as Printer -- Benjamin Franklin, Richard Price, and the Division of Sacred and Secular in the Age of Revolutions -- Ben Franklin and Socrates -- From Weimar, with Love -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- List of Contributors.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9781611470284

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781611470284

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books

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Format: XXIII, 195 S. , 24 cm

ISBN: 9781611470291 , 9781611470284

Content: "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more" / Paul E. Kerry and Matthew S. Holland -- Franklin's masks: a play upon possibility / Michael Zuckerman -- Benjamin Franklin unmasked / Jerry Weinberger -- Early modern imperialism, traditions of liberalism, and Franklin's ends of empire / Carla Mulford -- Benjamin Franklin, the mysterious "Charles de Weissenstein," and Britain's failure to coax revolutionary Americans back into the empire / Neil L. York -- Benjamin Franklin, student of the Holy Roman Empire: his summer journey to Germany in 1766 and his interest in the empire's federal constitution / Jürgen Overhoff -- Benjamin Franklin and the leather apron men: the politics of class in eighteenth-century Philadelphia / Simon P. Newman -- Recasting Franklin as printer: a note on recent historiography / Doug Thomas -- Benjamin Franklin, Richard Price, and the division of sacred and secular in the age of revolutions / Benjamin E. Park -- Ben Franklin and Socrates / Lorraine Smith Pangle -- From Weimar, with love: Benjamin Franklin's influence on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's self-fashioning / Paul E. Kerry -- Afterword: Benjamin Franklin's material presence in a digital age and popular culture world / Roy E. Goodman

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index , "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more" , "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more" , Benjamin Franklin unmasked , Early modern imperialism, traditions of liberalism, and Franklin's ends of empire , Benjamin Franklin, the mysterious "Charles de Weissenstein," and Britain's failure to coax revolutionary Americans back into the empire , Benjamin Franklin, student of the Holy Roman Empire: his summer journey to Germany in 1766 and his interest in the empire's federal constitution , Benjamin Franklin and the leather apron men: the politics of class in eighteenth-century Philadelphia , Recasting Franklin as printer: a note on recent historiography , Benjamin Franklin, Richard Price, and the division of sacred and secular in the age of revolutions , Ben Franklin and Socrates , From Weimar, with love: Benjamin Franklin's influence on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's self-fashioning , Afterword: Benjamin Franklin's material presence in a digital age and popular culture world , Franklin's masks: a play upon possibility , Benjamin Franklin unmasked , Early modern imperialism, traditions of liberalism, and Franklin's ends of empire , Benjamin Franklin, the mysterious "Charles de Weissenstein," and Britain's failure to coax revolutionary Americans back into the empire , Benjamin Franklin, student of the Holy Roman Empire: his summer journey to Germany in 1766 and his interest in the empire's federal constitution , Benjamin Franklin and the leather apron men: the politics of class in eighteenth-century Philadelphia , Recasting Franklin as printer: a note on recent historiography , Benjamin Franklin, Richard Price, and the division of sacred and secular in the age of revolutions , Ben Franklin and Socrates , From Weimar, with love: Benjamin Franklin's influence on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's self-fashioning , Afterword: Benjamin Franklin's material presence in a digital age and popular culture world

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781611470291

Language: English

Keywords: Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift