A History of American Magazines
Title page for volume of A History of American Magazines posthumously published in 1968 | |
| Author | Frank Luther Mott |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publication place | United States |
A History of American Magazines is a 5-volume set of nonfiction books by Frank Luther Mott. Volumes II and III of the set won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History. The first volume was published in 1930, and the fifth volume was published posthumously in 1968.
Mott laid out the case for studying American periodicals in the introduction to the first volume. He believed that magazines provide three services, including providing democratic literature of high quality, playing an important part in the economics of literature, and furnishing "an invaluable contemporaneous history of their times."
The volumes include:
- A History of American Magazines, Volume I, 1741-1850
- A History of American Magazines, Volume II, 1850-1865
- A History of American Magazines, Volume III, 1865-1885
- A History of American Magazines, Volume IV, 1885-1905
- A History of American Magazines, Volume V: Sketches of 21 Magazines, 1905-1930
Each volume includes sketches of individual magazines.