Benjamin Franklin: Cultural Protestant

by D G Hart and D.G. Hart

Benjamin Franklin grew up in a devout Protestant family with limited prospects for wealth and fame. By hard work, limitless curiosity, native intelligence, and luck (what he called "providence"), Franklin became one of Philadelphia's most prominent leaders, a world recognized scientist, and the United States' leading diplomat during the War for Independence. Along the way, Franklin embodied the Protestant ethics and cultural habits he learned and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198788991
• ISBN13: 9780198788997
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.9"