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Vendor:

ProQuest-CSA

Brief Description:

This collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1740-1900. Titles range from America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository, to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal.

Full Description:

American Periodicals Series Online chronicles the development of America across 200 years. The journals in this collection cover three broad periods - 1740-1800 offer insights into America's transition from a British colony to an independent nation. Titles include Massachusetts Magazine, which published America's first short stories, and Thomas Paine's Pennsylvania Magazine, which reported on inventions. One of the first mass printings of the Declaration of Independence, a letter by George Washington on the crucial Battle of Trenton, and the thoughts of Benjamin Franklin are among the highlights of content from this period. 1800-1860 showcases "the golden age of American periodicals." General interest magazines, children's publications, and more than 20 journals for women are among the historically-significant content that also includes the serialization of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in National Era. Like most great literary works of the nineteenth century, this piece first appeared in a magazine. Also available are hard-to-find materials, such as Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the Southern Literary Messenger, as well as the first appearances of Nathaniel Hawthorne's stories in New England Magazine, and Margaret Fuller's contributions to the Dial; Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction (1865-1877) eras reflect the nation in turmoil and growth, and titles from the 1880s through 1900 capture the settling of the West and the emergence of modern America. Early professional journals, popular titles, celebrations of Americana, thoroughly-researched investigative journalism, and the incisive political and social commentary.

Coverage:

1740-1900

Number & Type of Contents:

Features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years-from colonial times to the advent of American involvement in World War II.

Geographic Focus:

United States

Tools Available:

Context sensitive Help available

Formats:

Electronic Resource

Type:

Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes, Primary Sources

Subjects:

American History, American Studies, History, Journalism, Popular Culture, Women's Studies

Liaison:

S. Tritt

URL:

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