Enlightenment and Identity : Franklin, Work, and Play

America was seen by Europeans as a place of possibility from the first and none better than Benjamin Franklin proved these democratic dreams could become reality, recent biographers seeing him as the first American. Yet Franklin was a man of many identities and many masks, to please his publics and...

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Main Author: Michael Zuckerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2009-12-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/4440