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.

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790


Enlightenment--United States


United States--Intellectual life--18th century

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