Michael Patrick Brady (@michaelpatrickbrady): "At @WBUR, I spoke with Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin about her new book “The Franklin Stove” (3/11, FSG) and the 18th century roots of our modern expectations around domestic comfort, climate, and consumerism."

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Michael Patrick Brady Mar 12, 2025

At WBUR, I spoke with Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin about her new book “The Franklin Stove” (3/11, FSG) and the 18th century roots of our modern expectations around domestic comfort, climate, and consumerism.

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Benjamin Franklin set out to conquer climate in the colonial era

In her new book, “The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution,” Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin reveals how this relatively modest invention prefigures the ascent of the United States as a commercial and industrial powerhouse, and helped to transform our expectations around domestic com…

Mar 12, 2025

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