Before movies, radio, and television challenged the hegemony of the printed word, the Saturday Evening Post was the preeminent vehicle of mass culture in the United States. And to the extent that a mass medium can be the expression of a single individual, this magazine, with a peak circulation of almost three million copies a week, was the expression of its editor, George Horace Lorimer. Cohn shows how Lorimer made the Post into a uniquely powerful magazine that both celebrated and helped form the values of the time.
| ISBN: | 9780822954385 |
| Publication date: | 25th July 1990 |
| Author: | Jan Cohn |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
History of the Americas Society and culture: general |
Before movies, radio, and television challenged the hegemony of the printed word, the Saturday Evening Post was the preeminent vehicle of mass culture in the United States. And to the extent that a mass medium can be the expression of a single individual, this magazine, with a peak circulation of almost three million copies a week, was the expression of its editor, George Horace Lorimer. Cohn shows how Lorimer made the Post into a uniquely powerful magazine that both celebrated and helped form the values of the time.
Creating America features in the following genres: History of the Americas, Society and culture: general
Creating America is available in Paperback
Creating America was written by Jan Cohn and published by University of Pittsburgh Press
Creating America has 368 pages