Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America

Contents:
Introduction The Challenge of Franklin's Printing Network
The Art of Virtue and the Virtue of the Art
From Apprentice to Journeyman to Master Printer
The Moral Foundations of Franklin's Journalism
Communicating Instruction in Philadelphia
Spreading Virtue to South Carolina
Network Expansion from New York to the Caribbean
The Political Imperative of the Pennsylvania German Partnerships
Franklin Plants a Printer in His Native New England
Renegade Second-Generation Printers
The Franklin Network and the Stamp
Rebellion and Network Loyalties
The Moral Reform of a Scurrilous Press
Conclusion God, Humanity, and Franklin's Legacy