Atlantic cousins : Benjamin Franklin and his visionary friends . Jack Fruchtman, Jr.

By: Fruchtman, JackPublication details: New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, c2005Description: 404 p. : ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 1560256680Subject(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Enlightenment -- United States | United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 973.3092
Contents:
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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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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