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1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations |
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Politics and culture in modern America |
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Politics and culture in modern America.
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Introduction : intellectuals in mass culture America -- On the road to Time Inc. -- Giving the people the truth the Time Inc. way -- The search for a "radical capitalism" at Fortune magazine -- Intellectuals visible and invisible -- The intellectual as insider at Time Inc. -- Journalism and politics at Time magazine -- Interstitial intellectuals and the liberal consensus -- Epilogue : intellectuals in their American century and in ours |
| Summary |
Publishing tycoon Henry Luce famously championed many conservative causes, and his views as a capitalist and cold warrior were reflected in his glossy publications. Republican Luce aimed squarely for the Middle American masses, yet his magazines attracted intellectually and politically ambitious minds who were moved by the democratic aspirations of the New Deal and the left. Much of the best work of intellectuals such as James Agee, Archibald MacLeish, Daniel Bell, John Hersey, and Walker Evans owes a great debt to their experiences writing for Luce and his publications |
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Intellectuals Incorporated tells the story of the serious writers and artists who worked for Henry Luce and his magazines Time, Fortune, and Life between 1.923 and 1960, the period when the relationship between intellectuals, the culture industry, and corporate capitalism assumed its modern form. Countering the notions that working for corporations means selling out and that the true life of the mind must be free from institutional ties, historian Robert Vanderlan explains how being embedded in the corporate culture industries was vital to the creative efforts of mid-century thinkers. Illuminating their struggles through careful research and biographical vignettes, Vanderlan shows how their contributions to literary journalism and the wider political culture would have been impossible outside Luce's media empire. By paying attention to how these writers and photographers balanced intellectual aspiration with journalistic perspiration, Intellectuals Incorporated advances the idea of the intellectual as a connected public figure who can engage and criticize organizations from within. --Book Jacket |
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"Multi-User" |
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OldControl:muse9780812205633 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967 -- Political and social views
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Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967 -- Political and social views
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Luce, Henry R., 1898-1967 fast |
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Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967. idsbb |
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Time, Inc. -- History
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Time, Inc. fast |
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Mass media -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Intellectual life
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Mass media
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Periodicals -- Publishing
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Political and social views
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Zeitschrift -- USA -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Intellektuelle -- Presse -- USA -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Presse -- Intellektuelle -- USA -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Literatur -- Journalistik -- USA -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Journalistik -- Literatur -- USA -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140367
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812205633 |
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0812205634 |
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