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