Overview
A gorgeously illustrated tour of several centuries of American magazine history. The history of the American magazine is intricately entwined with the history of the nation itself. In the colonial eighteenth century, magazines were crucial outlets for revolutionary thought, with the first statement of American independence appearing in Thomas Paine’s Pennsylvania Magazine in June 1776. In the eighteenth century, magazines were some of the first staging grounds for still-contentious debates on Federalism and states’ rights. In the years that followed, the landscape of publications spread in every direction to explore aspects of American life from sports to politics, religion to entertainment, and beyond. Magazines and the American Experience is an expansive and chronological tour of the American magazine from 1733 to the present. Illustrated with more than four hundred color images, the book examines an enormous selection of specialty magazines devoted to a range of interests running from labor to leisure to literature. The contributors—Leonard Banca and Suze Bienaimee, both experts in the field of periodical history—devote particular focus to magazines written for and by Black Americans throughout US history, including David Ruggles’s Mirror of History (1838), [Frederick] Douglass’ Monthly (1859), the combative Messenger (1917), the Negro Digest (1942), and Essence (1970). With its mix of detailed descriptions, historical context, and lush illustrations, this handsome guide to American magazines should entice casual readers and serious collectors alike.
Full Product Details
Author: Steven Lomazow ,
Heather Haveman ,
Leonard Banco ,
Suze Bienaimee
Publisher: Grolier Club of New York
Imprint: Grolier Club of New York
Dimensions:
Width: 22.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 28.30cm
Weight: 1.892kg
ISBN: 9781605830919
ISBN 10: 1605830917
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 15 July 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A delightful combination of historical commentary and beautiful photos. . . The author covers a dizzying swath of territory with remarkable concision, including magazines devoted to literary pursuits, trade, social activism, business, and fashion. . . . Lomazow's expertise on the subject is inarguably magisterial. . .The book is adorned with dozens of stunning photographs, some immediately recognizable as iconic and others tantalizingly esoteric and rare. This is a remarkable history-thoughtful, granularly meticulous, and comprehensive-as well as a visually spectacular showpiece. One needn't be a magazine collector to thoroughly enjoy this refreshingly original overview of American history. * Kirkus Reviews *
Author Information
Steven Lomazow is adjunct professor of history at Kean University and was the primary periodical consultant for the Newseum in Washington, DC.
