| Description |
xviii, 323 p. : Grayscale Illustration ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in rhetoric/communication. |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
© 2004 University of South Carolina. |
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Manufactured in the United States of America. |
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Published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. |
| Contents |
Part One -- Part Two -- Part Three. |
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Franklin's Emblems and Devices: An Orientation and Conceptual Approach -- Franklin's Earliest Commentary Envisioning Colony Union -- "Join, or Die," 1754 -- "Magna Britannia: her Colonies Reduc'd," 1765-66 -- "We are One," 1776 -- Libertas Americana, 1782-83 -- Interludes and Transformations: Franklin's Verbal Images Representing British America -- National Character and the Great Seal of the United States. |
| Credits |
Frontispiece Benjamin Franklin, Joseph-Siffréde Duplessis, Paris, 1778. Medium: oil portrait on canvas with a gilded and carved wooden frame featuring a rattlesnake; size, 28 " 23". Photograph courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of New York, Michael Friedsam Collection. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2021. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Symbolism.
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Contributions in art.
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Art -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Art, American -- 18th century.
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American 2 : -- Colonial to 1789.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Added Author |
Benson, Thomas W. Series Editor.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
9781570035258 hardcover |
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1570035253 paper |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb09323 hdl |
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