Fruchtman, Jack
Atlantic cousins : Benjamin Franklin and his visionary friends . Jack Fruchtman, Jr. - New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, c2005 - 404 p. : ports. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-386) and index.
Three men and the horrors of slavery : Whitefield, Benezet, and Sharp -- Benjamin Rush, revolution, religion, and medicine -- Paine, revolutionary zeal, and engineering -- Price and Priestley, religious dissent and revolution -- Price, Priestley, and scientific Inquiry -- Marat and Mesmer, charlatans or misunderstood scientists? -- Condorcet, revolution, and la République Française -- Brissot, revolutionary politics, and democracy -- Learning in the new era -- Epilogue : a future of progress, liberty, and justice.
1560256680
2005281702
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Enlightenment--United States
United States--Intellectual life--18th century
973.3092
Atlantic cousins : Benjamin Franklin and his visionary friends . Jack Fruchtman, Jr. - New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, c2005 - 404 p. : ports. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-386) and index.
Three men and the horrors of slavery : Whitefield, Benezet, and Sharp -- Benjamin Rush, revolution, religion, and medicine -- Paine, revolutionary zeal, and engineering -- Price and Priestley, religious dissent and revolution -- Price, Priestley, and scientific Inquiry -- Marat and Mesmer, charlatans or misunderstood scientists? -- Condorcet, revolution, and la République Française -- Brissot, revolutionary politics, and democracy -- Learning in the new era -- Epilogue : a future of progress, liberty, and justice.
1560256680
2005281702
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Enlightenment--United States
United States--Intellectual life--18th century
973.3092