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Author:
Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944-
Title:
When Benjamin Franklin met the Reverend Whitefield : enlightenment, revival, and the power of the printed word / Peter Charles Hoffer.
Publisher:
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
156 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790--Philosophy.
Whitefield, George,--1714-1770.
Whitefield, George,--1714-1770--Philosophy.
United States--Intellectual life--18th century.
Enlightenment--United States.
Great Awakening.
United States--Church history--To 1775.
Scientists--United States--Biography.
Evangelists--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A momentous meeting -- A partnership of mutual convenience -- Franklin becomes a printer and Whitefield becomes a preacher -- Whitefield's messages of hope -- Franklin's essays on improvement -- A great awakening, the enlightenment, and the crisis of provincialism -- The birth of the modern world.
Series:
Witness to history
ISBN:
1421403129 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781421403120 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1421403110 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421403113 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)706677618
LCCN:
2011008670
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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