{"product_id":"magazines-and-the-american-experience-steven-lomazow-9781605830919","title":"Magazines and the American Experience: Highlights from the Collection of Steven Lomazow, M.D.","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously illustrated tour of several centuries of American magazine history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania Magazine \u003c\/i\u003ein 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMagazines and the American Experience\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Banco 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 \u003ci\u003eMirror of History\u003c\/i\u003e (1838), [Frederick] \u003ci\u003eDouglass' Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e (1859), the combative \u003ci\u003eMessenger\u003c\/i\u003e (1917), the \u003ci\u003eNegro Digest\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), and \u003ci\u003eEssence \u003c\/i\u003e(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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Lomazow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1605830917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781605830919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grolier Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.18h x 8.66w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2021","brand":"Steven Lomazow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990684729599,"sku":"9781605830919","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7246ef3-e35c-43bd-b5ee-ae9099794c1c.jpg?v=1683306079","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/magazines-and-the-american-experience-steven-lomazow-9781605830919","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}