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Genre/Form: | Biography collective biographies Biographies History |
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Named Person: | Henry R Luce; Henry R Luce |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan Brinkley |
ISBN: | 9780679414445 0679414444 |
OCLC Number: | 429021916 |
Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Biography finalist, 2011. |
Description: | xiii, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Americans abroad -- The striver -- Big man -- "The paper" -- "Time : the weekly news-magazine" -- Empire building -- "Time marches on" -- "Life begins" -- Man of the world -- Time Inc. goes to war -- Losing China -- Cold warriors -- National purpose -- Letting go. |
Responsibility: | Alan Brinkley. |
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Abstract:
Acclaimed historian Alan Brinkley gives us a sharply realized portrait of Henry Luce, arguably the most important publisher of the twentieth century. As the founder of "Time," "Fortune, "and "Life "magazines, Luce changed the way we consume news and the way we understand our world.
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