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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Author: Benjamin Franklin
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ISBN: 9781258340919
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Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Or Published By Him During His Brother's Imprisonment.

Author: J. A. Leo Lemay
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812209117
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 568

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Named "one of the best books of 2006" by The New York Sun Described by Carl Van Doren as "a harmonious human multitude," Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American of his time, of perhaps any time. His life and careers were so varied and successful that he remains, even today, the epitome of the self-made man. Born into a humble tradesman's family, this adaptable genius rose to become an architect of the world's first democracy, a leading light in Enlightenment science, and a major creator of what has come to be known as the American character. Journalist, musician, politician, scientist, humorist, inventor, civic leader, printer, writer, publisher, businessman, founding father, and philosopher, Franklin is a touchstone for America's egalitarianism. The first volume traces young Franklin's life to his marriage in 1730. It traces the New England religious, political, and cultural contexts, exploring previously unknown influences on his philosophy and writing, and attributing new writings to him. After his move to Philadelphia, made famous in his Autobiography, Franklin became the Water American in London in 1725, where he was welcomed into that city's circle of freethinkers. Upon his return to the colonies, the sociable Franklin created a group of young friends, the Junto, devoted to self-improvement and philanthropy. He also started his own press and began to edit and publish the Pennsylvania Gazette, which became the most popular American paper of its day and the first to consistently feature American news.

Author: George Francis Dow
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Author: Barbara Heifferon
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000842444
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189

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This book explores the response to a new scientific advance in medicine three hundred years ago to understand how this discourse revealed religious, racial, anti-intellectual, and other ideologies the first time documented vaccinations were introduced in America. This text serves as a case study that examines the historic discourses surrounding the implementation of a new prevention technique, smallpox inoculation, to prevent the devastating epidemics of smallpox that had visited the new colonies since their start on the American continent. Using this detailed analysis of the arguments surrounding the project in early America, the author examines the various arguments that circulated in the 1720s regarding the project. When compared to today’s pandemic, this study argues that Americans over-react and complicate scientific applications not with logical scientific perspectives or even with ethical views, but instead bring exaggerated claims founded on uniquely American historical, religious, racial, territorial, and political ideologies. America’s First Vaccination will be of interest to anyone interested in American history, the history of medicine, cultural studies, and a comparison to current pandemic events.

Author: John Gorham Palfrey
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Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Author: Carol Sue Humphrey
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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As both reflector and former of public opinion, the American newspapers--"this popular engine"--Played an essential role in the democratic evolution of the United States.

Author: Roy Hidemichi Akagi
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Author: Roy Hidemichi Akagi
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Languages : en
Pages : 376

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