Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-176) and index.
Contents:
Benjamin Franklin's library / Kevin J. Hayes -- The art of virtue / Douglas Anderson -- Franklin's satiric vein / Paul E. Kerry -- Franklin in the republic of letters / David S. Shields -- Benjamin Franklin's natural philosophy / Joyce E. Chaplin -- Franklin and the Enlightenment / Frank Kelleter -- Franklin and the question of religion / Kerry Walters -- The pragmatist in Franklin / James Campbell -- Franklin on national character and the Great Seal of the United States / Lester C. Olson -- Protestant ethic or conspicuous consumption? : Benjamin Franklin and the Gilded Age / Wilson J. Moses -- Benjamin Franklin and the American dream / Nian-Sheng Huang and Carla Mulford -- Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, then and now / Stephen Carl Arch.
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