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Benjamin Franklin : in search of a better world /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.Description: xix, 375 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0300107994 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.3/092 22
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: What Benjamin Franklin means for our times / Walter Isaacson -- The life of Benjamin Franklin / J. A. Leo Lemay -- Benjamin Franklin, printer / James N. Green -- Benjamin Franklin, civic improver / Billy G. Smith -- Benjamin Franklin at home / Page Talbott -- Benjamin Franklin's science / E. Philip Krider -- Benjamin Franklin, pragmatic visionary : politician, statesman, diplomat / Robert Middlekauff -- The printer at Passy / Ellen R. Cohn -- At the end, an abolitionist? by Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner -- Afterword: The end of his pragmatism / Edmund S. Morgan.
Summary: Examines the many facets of America's most extraordinary founding father. Politician, diplomat, scientist, printer, and civic improver, Franklin influenced every aspect of American life, from his own time to the present. This book, designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibition celebrating Franklin's 300th birthday, includes essays by ten prominent scholars that offer an overview of Franklin's life and cover the full range of his interests and achievements, illustrated by more than 265 color images--portraits, manuscripts, drawings, maps, paintings, engravings, and a plethora of Franklin's possessions, from teacups to printing equipment.--From publisher description.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 973 TAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000235005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-339) and index.

Introduction: What Benjamin Franklin means for our times / Walter Isaacson -- The life of Benjamin Franklin / J. A. Leo Lemay -- Benjamin Franklin, printer / James N. Green -- Benjamin Franklin, civic improver / Billy G. Smith -- Benjamin Franklin at home / Page Talbott -- Benjamin Franklin's science / E. Philip Krider -- Benjamin Franklin, pragmatic visionary : politician, statesman, diplomat / Robert Middlekauff -- The printer at Passy / Ellen R. Cohn -- At the end, an abolitionist? by Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner -- Afterword: The end of his pragmatism / Edmund S. Morgan.

Examines the many facets of America's most extraordinary founding father. Politician, diplomat, scientist, printer, and civic improver, Franklin influenced every aspect of American life, from his own time to the present. This book, designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibition celebrating Franklin's 300th birthday, includes essays by ten prominent scholars that offer an overview of Franklin's life and cover the full range of his interests and achievements, illustrated by more than 265 color images--portraits, manuscripts, drawings, maps, paintings, engravings, and a plethora of Franklin's possessions, from teacups to printing equipment.--From publisher description.

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