American Mass-Market Magazines (Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers) - Hardcover

Alan Nourie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313252548 ISBN 13: 9780313252549

Publisher: Greenwood, 1990

Synopsis

[ American Mass-Market Magazines Contributions in Ethnic Studies, By ( Author ) Mar-1990 Hardcover

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Review:

"Where else, the editors ask, could one find TV Guide, Playboy, Rolling Stone, National Enquirer, Collier's, Yankee, and the Atlantic all cheek by jowl?' True enough, Money magazine precedes Mother Earth News in this collection of 106 profiles of general interest magazines published in the US from the 18th century to the present. Most titles included are still being published; some are clearly dated (The Chatauquan, 1880-1914). This is part of Greenwood's Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers' series, and some mass market titles, e.g., Sports Illustrated are excluded because scheduled for inclusion in other volumes. Most of the historical essays (two or three pages each) are descriptive; there is, unfortunately, little critical evaluation. Surprisingly, there are few essays contributed by professional journalists or journalism historians. A useful section on publication history includes title changes, publishers, editors, and circulation. The editors have succeeded in providing a serviceable, albeit selective, collection development tool and supplement to F.L. Mott's seminal, five-volume History of American Magazines and Bill Katz's Magazines for Libraries (6th ed., 1989). Necessary for large communications, history, and popular culture collections."-Choice

"More than 100 general magazines with circulation over 100,000, some still publishing and many memories from earlier this century, are described in two- or three-page profiles. . . . A chronology placing the periodicals on a time line provides an interesting, at-a-glance look at magazines' history. Most of the important magazines are included, except for some sports and women's magazines slated for future companion collections. . . ."-Library Journal

?More than 100 general magazines with circulation over 100,000, some still publishing and many memories from earlier this century, are described in two- or three-page profiles. . . . A chronology placing the periodicals on a time line provides an interesting, at-a-glance look at magazines' history. Most of the important magazines are included, except for some sports and women's magazines slated for future companion collections. . . .?-Library Journal

?Where else, the editors ask, could one find TV Guide, Playboy, Rolling Stone, National Enquirer, Collier's, Yankee, and the Atlantic all cheek by jowl?' True enough, Money magazine precedes Mother Earth News in this collection of 106 profiles of general interest magazines published in the US from the 18th century to the present. Most titles included are still being published; some are clearly dated (The Chatauquan, 1880-1914). This is part of Greenwood's Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers' series, and some mass market titles, e.g., Sports Illustrated are excluded because scheduled for inclusion in other volumes. Most of the historical essays (two or three pages each) are descriptive; there is, unfortunately, little critical evaluation. Surprisingly, there are few essays contributed by professional journalists or journalism historians. A useful section on publication history includes title changes, publishers, editors, and circulation. The editors have succeeded in providing a serviceable, albeit selective, collection development tool and supplement to F.L. Mott's seminal, five-volume History of American Magazines and Bill Katz's Magazines for Libraries (6th ed., 1989). Necessary for large communications, history, and popular culture collections.?-Choice

Synopsis:

Concise histories of 106 of the most significant mass-market or general magazines in the US both active periodicals and those which have ceased publication. Included are magazines such as Life, Playboy, and People, major tabloids, Sunday supplement magazines, regional magazines, and publications directed to specific audiences, e.g. Modern maturity,

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0313252548
• ISBN 13: 9780313252549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 624