TY - BOOK AU - Haveman,Heather A. TI - Magazines and the Making of America: Modernization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860 T2 - Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology SN - 9780691164403 AV - PN4877 .H37 2017 U1 - 051 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - American periodicals KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Political aspects KW - United States KW - Publishers and publishing KW - Social aspects KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General KW - bisacsh KW - America KW - American magazines KW - American religion KW - American society KW - Civil War KW - English-language magazines KW - Europe KW - agricultural magazines KW - antislavery movement KW - authorship KW - benevolent empire KW - colonial era KW - commerce KW - common interests KW - community building KW - community KW - copyright law KW - economic development KW - entrepreneurs KW - genre variety KW - industrialization KW - magazine distribution KW - magazine founders KW - magazine genres KW - magazine industry KW - magazine publishing KW - magazine subscribers KW - magazines KW - media KW - modernity KW - modernization KW - monetary exchange KW - money-based commerce KW - papermaking technology KW - pluralistic integration KW - population growth KW - postal system KW - print culture KW - printing presses KW - printing technology KW - printing KW - publishing technology KW - rationality KW - readership KW - religion KW - religious communities KW - religious events KW - religious magazines KW - scientific agriculture KW - shared interest KW - social position KW - social reform movement KW - social reform KW - specialized magazines KW - theology KW - translocal communities KW - urbanization N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. The History of American Magazines, 1741-1860 --; Chapter 3. The Material and Cultural Foundations of American Magazines --; Chapter 4. Launching Magazines --; Chapter 5. Religion --; Chapter 6. Social Reform --; Chapter 7. The Economy --; Chapter 8. Conclusion --; Appendix 1. Data and Data Sources --; Appendix 2. Methods for Quantitative Data Analysis --; References --; Index --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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?From their first appearance in 1741, magazines brought together like-minded people, wherever they were located and whatever interests they shared. As America became socially differentiated, magazines engaged and empowered diverse communities of faith, purpose, and practice. Religious groups could distinguish themselves from others and demarcate their identities. Social-reform movements could energize activists across the country to push for change. People in specialized occupations could meet and learn from one another to improve their practices. Magazines built translocal communities-collections of people with common interests who were geographically dispersed and could not easily meet face-to-face. By supporting communities that crossed various axes of social structure, magazines also fostered pluralistic integration.Looking at the important role that magazines had in mediating and sustaining critical debates and diverse groups of people, Magazines and the Making of America considers how these print publications helped construct a distinctly American society UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400873883?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400873883 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400873883.jpg ER -