The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the images of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich available to the American general magazine reader from the initial references to him in March, 1923, until his attack on Poland in September, 1939.

I highly recommend this book."--Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina "This book is a marvel of scholarship that marries organization theory with the history of magazines and publishing in America.

American mass culture's conservative response to the Great Depression and the coming of World War II

Introduction -- Larger socio-cultural realm -- Historical context -- Press functions -- Sojourner mentality -- Religious intolerance -- Political press issues -- Literary mission : belle-lettres -- Fundamental internal press issues -- ...

"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 ...