{"product_id":"a-companion-to-benjamin-franklin-isbn-9781405199964","title":"A Companion to Benjamin Franklin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis companion provides a comprehensive survey of the life, work and legacy of Benjamin Franklin - the oldest, most distinctive, and multifaceted of the founders.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from across a range of academic disciplines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines traditional and cutting-edge scholarship, from accomplished and emerging experts in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePays special attention to the American Revolution, the Enlightenment, journalism, colonial American society, and themes of race, class, and gender\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlaces Franklin in the context of recent work in political theory, American Studies, American literature, material culture studies, popular culture, and international relations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Figures x  \u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Waldstreicher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Biography 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Franklin’s Boston Years, 1706–1723 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNian-Sheng Huang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Philadelphia Years, 1723–1757 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge W. Boudreau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Making of a Patriot, 1757–1775 46\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSheila L. Skemp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Franklin Furioso, 1775–1790 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan R. Dull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Franklin and Eighteenth-Century America 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Benjamin Franklin and Colonial Society 83\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKonstantin Dierks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Benjamin Franklin and Pennsylvania Politics 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Tully\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Benjamin Franklin and Religion 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Fea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Benjamin Franklin and the Coming of the American Revolution 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin L. Carp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Benjamin Franklin and Native Americans 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy J. Shannon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Complexion of My Country: Benjamin Franklin and the Problem of Racial Diversity 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicholas Guyatt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Benjamin Franklin, Capitalism, and Slavery 211\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Waldstreicher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Benjamin Franklin and Women 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan E. Klepp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Franklin the Writer and Thinker 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 “The Manners and Situation of a Rising People”: Reading Franklin’s \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOrmond Seavey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Poor Richard’s Almanac 275\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Pencak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Benjamin Franklin and Journalism 290\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Paul Nord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Benjamin Franklin, the Science of Flow, and the Legacy of the Enlightenment 308\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Rigal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Benjamin Franklin, Associations, and Civil Society 335\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlbrecht Koschnik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Empire and Nation 359\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEliga H. Gould\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Franklin’s Pictorial Representations of British America 373\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLester C. Olson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Franklin and the Categories of Inquiry 391\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 American Literature and American Studies 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Cahill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Benjamin Franklin’s Material Cultures 412\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMegan E. Walsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Benjamin Franklin and Political Theory 430\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerry Weinberger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Benjamin Franklin and International Relations 463\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonard J. Sadosky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Benjamin Franklin in Memory and Popular Culture 479\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew M. Schocket\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 536\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Readers will also appreciate the text’s comprehensive bibliography.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  General readers, upper-division undergraduates, researchers\/faculty.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Waldstreicher\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Temple University. He is the author of numerous publications including\u003ci\u003e Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification\u003c\/i\u003e (2009); \u003ci\u003eRunaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery and the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (2004); and \u003ci\u003eIn the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820\u003c\/i\u003e (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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Written by contributors from across a range of academic disciplines, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Benjamin Franklin\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.” – \u003ci\u003eKate Mearns Ohno, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “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.” – \u003ci\u003eSimon P. 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