LEADER 00000cam a2200673 a 4500 001 ocm58042929 005 20070628131047.0 008 050225t20052005ctuab bc 001 0deng 010 2005005185 020 0300107994|qalkaline paper 020 9780300107999|qalkaline paper 035 (OCoLC)ocm58042929 035 432428 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dYDX|dBAKER|dBUR|dVP@|dPMH|dBTCTA|dYDXCP 043 n-us--- 049 RIDM 050 00 E302.6.F8|bB485 2005 082 00 973.3/092|222 090 E302.6.F8 B485 2005 245 00 Benjamin Franklin :|bin search of a better world /|cPage Talbott, editor ; Richard S. Dunn and John C. Van Horne, consulting editors ; Walter Isaacson, introduction ; Edmund S. Morgan, afterword ; photography by Peter Harholdt. 264 1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[2005] 264 4 |c©2005 300 xix, 375 pages :|billustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;|c29 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 "Essays by Ellen R. Cohn, James N. Green, E. Philip Krider, Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner, J.A. Leo Lemay, Robert Middlekauff, Billy G. Smith, and Page Talbott." 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-342) and index. 505 00 |tIntroduction: What Benjamin Franklin means for our times /|rWalter Isaacson --|tLife of Benjamin Franklin /|rJ. A. Leo Lemay --|tBenjamin Franklin, printer /|rJames N. Green --|tBenjamin Franklin, civic improver /|rBilly G. Smith -- |tBenjamin Franklin at home /|rPage Talbott --|tBenjamin Franklin's science /|rE. Philip Krider --|tBenjamin Franklin, pragmatic visionary : politician, statesman, diplomat /|rRobert Middlekauff --|tPrinter at Passy / |rEllen R. Cohn --|tAt the end, an abolitionist? by Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner --|tAfterword: The end of his pragmatism /|rEdmund S. Morgan. 520 Examines the many facets of America's most extraordinary founding father. Politician, diplomat, scientist, printer, and civic improver, Franklin influenced every aspect of American life, from his own time to the present. This book, designed to accompany the traveling Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary exhibition celebrating Franklin's 300th birthday, includes essays by ten prominent scholars that offer an overview of Franklin's life and cover the full range of his interests and achievements, illustrated by more than 265 color images--portraits, manuscripts, drawings, maps, paintings, engravings, and a plethora of Franklin's possessions, from teacups to printing equipment.--From publisher description. 600 10 Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n79043402|vExhibitions.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001275 600 10 Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n79043402|xAnniversaries, etc.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002325|vExhibitions. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001275 600 17 Franklin, Benjamin,|d1706-1790.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/34115 650 0 Statesmen|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2006003364|vExhibitions.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99001275 650 0 Scientists|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85118700|vExhibitions.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99001275 650 0 Inventors|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh88002177|vExhibitions.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99001275 650 0 Printers|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2010108253|vExhibitions.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99001275 650 7 Statesmen.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1131990 650 7 Scientists.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1108895 650 7 Inventors.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/978052 650 7 Printers.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1076585 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 7 Exhibition catalogs.|2lcgft|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/genreForms/gf2014026098 655 7 Exhibition catalogs.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1424028 700 1 Talbott, Page.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n81135967 700 1 Dunn, Richard S.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n50024925 700 1 Van Horne, John C.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n79110996 856 41 |3Table of contents only|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ ecip058/2005005185.html 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy0621/2005005185-b.html 856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/ enhancements/fy0621/2005005185-d.html 901 MARCIVE 20231220 935 432428 994 C0|bRID
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