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This volume provides concise, in-depth histories of 106 of the most significant mass-market or general magazines in the United States--both active periodicals and those which have ceased publication.

Table of Contents

Introduction American Mass-Market Magazines Appendix: Chronology of Mass-Market Titles Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

ALAN NOURIE is Associate University Librarian for Public Services and Collection Development at Milner Library, Illinois State University. BARBARA NOURIE teaches in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Illinois State University.

Reviews

?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

"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