| Magazines and the Making of America: Modernization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 Subjects: American periodicals -- History -- 18th century; American periodicals -- History -- 19th century; American periodicals -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century; American periodicals -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; From the colonial era to the onset of the Civil War, Magazines and the Making of America looks at how magazines and the individuals, organizations, and circumstances they connected ushered America into the modern age. How did a magazine industry emerge in the United States, where there were once only amateur authors, clumsy technologies for production and distribution, and sparse reader demand? What legitimated magazines as they competed with other media, such as newspapers, books, and letters? And what role did magazines play in the integration or division of American society? Heather A. Haveman is professor of sociology and business at the University of California, Berkeley. |