The magazine century : American magazines since 1900 /
Sumner, David E.,
The magazine century : American magazines since 1900 / David E. Sumner. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - viii, 242 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The magazine century -- The 1890s: the emergence of modern magazines -- 1900-1920: pioneers create a prosperous century -- The 1920s: good times, great magazines -- The 1930s: more readers, but fewer advertisers -- The 1940s: paper shortages, censorship, and more magazines -- The 1950s: television spurs leisure activities, magazine growth -- The 1960s: social change for magazines and America -- The 1970s: magazines and "the me decade" -- The 1980s: computers and celebrities dominate the decade -- The 1990s: new media, new magazines, new controversies, new problems -- Post-2000: a look back, a look forward.
9781433104930 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781433104947 (casebound : alk. paper)
American periodicals--History
051.08209034 / SUM/M
The magazine century : American magazines since 1900 / David E. Sumner. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - viii, 242 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The magazine century -- The 1890s: the emergence of modern magazines -- 1900-1920: pioneers create a prosperous century -- The 1920s: good times, great magazines -- The 1930s: more readers, but fewer advertisers -- The 1940s: paper shortages, censorship, and more magazines -- The 1950s: television spurs leisure activities, magazine growth -- The 1960s: social change for magazines and America -- The 1970s: magazines and "the me decade" -- The 1980s: computers and celebrities dominate the decade -- The 1990s: new media, new magazines, new controversies, new problems -- Post-2000: a look back, a look forward.
9781433104930 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781433104947 (casebound : alk. paper)
American periodicals--History
051.08209034 / SUM/M