Benjamin Franklin's printing network [electronic resource] : disseminating virtue in early America / Ralph Frasca.
By: Frasca, Ralph.
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BookPublisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006Description: ix, 295 p. : ill., ports.Subject(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Career in printing | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Friends and associates | Business networks -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Printing industry -- United States -- History -- 18th century | Printers -- United States -- Political activity -- History -- 18th century | Printing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: "Explores Benjamin Franklin's network of partnerships and business relationships with printers. His network altered practices in both European and American colonial printing trades by providing capital and political influence to set up working partnerships with James Parker, Francis Childs, Benjamin Mecom, Benjamin Franklin Bache, David Hall, Anthony Armbruster, and others"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-289) and index.
"Explores Benjamin Franklin's network of partnerships and business relationships with printers. His network altered practices in both European and American colonial printing trades by providing capital and political influence to set up working partnerships with James Parker, Francis Childs, Benjamin Mecom, Benjamin Franklin Bache, David Hall, Anthony Armbruster, and others"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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