۱۷۴۱–۱۸۵۰ (جلد اول) (تاریخ مجلات آمریکایی)

The first volume of this work, covering the period from 1741-1850, was issued in 1931 by another publisher, and is reissued now without change, under our imprint. The second volume covers the period from 1850 to 1865; the third volume, the period from 1865 to 1885. For each chronological period, Mr. Mott has provided a running history which notes the occurrence of the chief general magazines and the developments in the field of class periodicals, as well as publishing conditions during that period, the development of circulations, advertising, payments to contributors, reader attitudes, changing formats, styles and processes of illustration, and the like. Then in a supplement to that running history, he offers historical sketches of the chief magazines which flourished in the period. These sketches extend far beyond the chronological limitations of the period. The second and third volumes present, altogether, separate sketches of seventy-six magazines, including The North American Review , The Youth’s Companion , The Liberator , The Independent , Harper’s Monthly , Leslie’s Weekly , Harper’s Weekly , The Atlantic Monthly , St. Nicholas , and Puck . The whole is an unusual mirror of American civilization. Frontmatter (page N/A) Acknowledgments (page vii) Introduction (page 1) I. The Period of Beginnings: 1741-1794 (page 11) 1. Motives, Nature, and Problems of the First Magazines (page 13) 2. What the First Magazines Printed (page 39) Supplement to Part 1. Sketches of Certain Important Magazines, 1741-1794 (page 71) II. The Period of Nationalism: 1794-1825 (page 117) III. The Nature of the Magazines of the Second Period (page 119) IV. The Relation of the Magazines of the Second Period to the Sciences, Politics, the Arts, and "Belles-Lettres" (page 149) Supplement to Part II. Sketches of Certain Important Magazines: 1794-1825 (page 215) III. The Period of Expansion: 1825-1850 (page 337) VI. General Periodicals in the Era of Expansion (page 339) VII Magazine Centers and Foreign Relations (page 380) VIII Types of Writing in the Magazines: The Arts and Sciences (page 405) IX. Politics, Economics, Reforms, and Fads (page 451) X. Editors, Contributors and Management (page 494) Supplement to Part III. Sketches of Certain Important Magazines: 1825-1850 (page 529) Appendix: Chronological List of Magazines (page 785) Index (page 811) "The five volumes of A History of American Magazines constitute a unique cultural history of America, viewed through the pages and pictures of her periodicals from the publication of the first monthly magazine in 1741 through the golden age of magazines in the twentieth century"--Page 4 of cover