Companion to Benjamin Franklin

David Waldstreicher is Professor of History at Temple University. He is the author of numerous publications including Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification (2009); Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery and the American Revolution (2004); and In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 (1997).

“Readers will also appreciate the text’s comprehensive bibliography.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  General readers, upper-division undergraduates, researchers/faculty.”  (Choice, 1 April 2012)

• List of Figures x About the Contributors xiIntroduction 1David WaldstreicherPart I Biography 51 Franklin’s Boston Years, 1706–1723 7Nian-Sheng Huang2 The Philadelphia Years, 1723–1757 25George W. Boudreau3 The Making of a Patriot, 1757–1775 46Sheila L. Skemp4 Franklin Furioso, 1775–1790 65Jonathan R. DullPart II Franklin and Eighteenth-Century America 815 Benjamin Franklin and Colonial Society 83Konstantin Dierks6 Benjamin Franklin and Pennsylvania Politics 104Alan Tully7 Benjamin Franklin and Religion 129John Fea8 Benjamin Franklin and the Coming of the American Revolution 146Benjamin L. Carp9 Benjamin Franklin and Native Americans 164Timothy J. Shannon10 The Complexion of My Country: Benjamin Franklin and the Problem of Racial Diversity 183Nicholas Guyatt11 Benjamin Franklin, Capitalism, and Slavery 211David Waldstreicher12 Benjamin Franklin and Women 237Susan E. KleppPart III Franklin the Writer and Thinker 25313 “The Manners and Situation of a Rising People”: Reading Franklin’s Autobiography 255Ormond Seavey14 Poor Richard’s Almanac 275William Pencak15 Benjamin Franklin and Journalism 290David Paul Nord16 Benjamin Franklin, the Science of Flow, and the Legacy of the Enlightenment 308Laura Rigal17 Benjamin Franklin, Associations, and Civil Society 335Albrecht Koschnik18 Empire and Nation 359Eliga H. Gould19 Franklin’s Pictorial Representations of British America 373Lester C. OlsonPart IV Franklin and the Categories of Inquiry 39120 American Literature and American Studies 393Edward Cahill21 Benjamin Franklin’s Material Cultures 412Megan E. Walsh22 Benjamin Franklin and Political Theory 430Jerry Weinberger23 Benjamin Franklin and International Relations 463Leonard J. Sadosky24 Benjamin Franklin in Memory and Popular Culture 479Andrew M. SchocketBibliography 499Index 536