{"product_id":"the-publisher-henry-luce-and-his-american-century-paperback","title":"The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Brinkley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed historian Alan Brinkley gives us a sharply realized portrait of Henry Luce, arguably the most important publisher of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the founder of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFortune, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLife \u003c\/i\u003emagazines, Luce changed the way we consume news and the way we understand our world. Born the son of missionaries, Henry Luce spent his childhood in rural China, yet he glimpsed a milieu of power altogether different at Hotchkiss and later at Yale. While working at a Baltimore newspaper, he and Brit Hadden conceived the idea of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e a \"news-magazine\" that would condense the week's events in a format accessible to increasingly busy members of the middle class. They launched it in 1923, and young Luce quickly became a publishing titan. In 1936, after \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's unexpected success--and Hadden's early death--Luce published the first issue of \u003ci\u003eLife, \u003c\/i\u003e to which millions soon subscribed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrinkley shows how Luce reinvented the magazine industry in just a decade. The appeal of \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e seemingly cut across the lines of race, class, and gender. Luce himself wielded influence hitherto unknown among journalists. By the early 1940s, he had come to see his magazines as vehicles to advocate for America's involvement in the escalating international crisis, in the process popularizing the phrase \"World War II.\" In spite of Luce's great success, happiness eluded him. His second marriage--to the glamorous playwright, politician, and diplomat Clare Boothe--was a shambles. Luce spent his later years in isolation, consumed at times with conspiracy theories and peculiar vendettas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e tells a great American story of spectacular achievement--yet it never loses sight of the public and private costs at which that achievement came.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Brinkley\u003c\/b\u003e is the Allan Nevins Professor of American History at Columbia University. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eVoices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award for History, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People\u003c\/i\u003e. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381927657650,"sku":"9780679741541","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7ae43ada7be8041b30c54d745f8dc70e.webp?v=1777823906","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-publisher-henry-luce-and-his-american-century-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}