Table of Contents
List of Figures x
About the Contributors xi
Introduction 1 David Waldstreicher
Part I Biography 5
1 Franklin’s Boston Years, 1706–1723 7 Nian-Sheng Huang
2 The Philadelphia Years, 1723–1757 25 George W. Boudreau
3 The Making of a Patriot, 1757–1775 46 Sheila L. Skemp
4 Franklin Furioso, 1775–1790 65 Jonathan R. Dull
Part II Franklin and Eighteenth-Century America 81
5 Benjamin Franklin and Colonial Society 83 Konstantin Dierks
6 Benjamin Franklin and Pennsylvania Politics 104 Alan Tully
7 Benjamin Franklin and Religion 129 John Fea
8 Benjamin Franklin and the Coming of the American Revolution 146 Benjamin L. Carp
9 Benjamin Franklin and Native Americans 164 Timothy J. Shannon
10 The Complexion of My Country: Benjamin Franklin and the Problem of Racial Diversity 183 Nicholas Guyatt
11 Benjamin Franklin, Capitalism, and Slavery 211 David Waldstreicher
12 Benjamin Franklin and Women 237 Susan E. Klepp
Part III Franklin the Writer and Thinker 253
13 “The Manners and Situation of a Rising People”: Reading Franklin’s Autobiography 255 Ormond Seavey
14 Poor Richard’s Almanac 275 William Pencak
15 Benjamin Franklin and Journalism 290 David Paul Nord
16 Benjamin Franklin, the Science of Flow, and the Legacy of the Enlightenment 308 Laura Rigal
17 Benjamin Franklin, Associations, and Civil Society 335 Albrecht Koschnik
18 Empire and Nation 359 Eliga H. Gould
19 Franklin’s Pictorial Representations of British America 373 Lester C. Olson
Part IV Franklin and the Categories of Inquiry 391
20 American Literature and American Studies 393 Edward Cahill
21 Benjamin Franklin’s Material Cultures 412 Megan E. Walsh
22 Benjamin Franklin and Political Theory 430 Jerry Weinberger
23 Benjamin Franklin and International Relations 463 Leonard J. Sadosky
24 Benjamin Franklin in Memory and Popular Culture 479 Andrew M. Schocket
Bibliography 499
Index 536
