The Conservative Press in Twentieth-Century America

by Ronald Lora (Editor), William Henry Longton (Editor)

Overview

Including representative jourbanals for the 20th and late 19th centuries, this book profiles the most significant conservative jourbanals of the past century. From the rise of industrial capitalism, when laissez-faire conservatives praised bountiful America, to the end of the Cold War, these jourbanals have covered a variety of topics from differing, sometimes even contradictory, points of view. Yet they speak to the richness and comprehensiveness of the conservative press in America. Together they provide a focused history of conservative thought in 20th Century America. Along with the companion volume on the 18th and 19th Centuries, the book provides a valuable resource for students of the conservative press in America.

Covering a variety of disparate jourbanals, the volume arranges them both chronologically and in sections reflecting the themes covered. Politics, individualism, isolationism, anti-Communism, the New Right, neoconservatism, and public policy are featured in four of the sections, while jourbanals examining the issues of religious conservatism appear in sections devoted to Orthodox Protestant and Catholic jourbanals. Yet another section focuses on jourbanals dealing with literary and cultural topics. The remaining sections examine libertarianism, traditionalist perspectives, and extreme right-wing publications. Each section is unified with an introductory essay exploring the connecting themes and issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313213908
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/1999
Series:	Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers
Pages:	744
Sales rank:	737,362
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.56(d)
Lexile:	1550L (what's this?)

About the Author

RONALD LORA is Professor of History at The University of Toledo./e

WILLIAM HENRY LONGTON is Professor of History and Department Chair at The University of Toledo./e

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Laissez-Faire and Pro-Business Jourbanals
Conservative, 1898-1902 by Ronald Lora
Conservative Review, 1899-1901 by William Henry Longton
World's Work, 1900-1932 by H. Roger Grant
American Industries, 1902-1931 by Robert Himmelberg
Exponent, 1904-1911 by H. Roger Grant
Nation's Business, 1912- by Robert Himmelberg
Constitutional Review, 1917-1929 by Winfield Bollinger
Religious Periodicals - Fundamentalist to Evangelical
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1843- by William J. Morison
Moody Monthly, 1900- by Joel Carpenter
Bible Champion, 1904-1939 by William J. Morison
King's Business, 1910-1970 by Warren L. Vinz
Sword of the Law, 1935- by Warren L. Vinz
Christian Beacon, 1936- by Thomas Ferris
Faith and Freedom, 1949-1960 by Eckard V. Toy
Christian Economics, 1950-1972 by Eckard V. Toy
Christianity Today, 1956- by Kenneth Shipps
Catholic Jourbanals
Catholic Mind, 1903-1992 by Mary Stockwell
Thought: A Review of Culture and Ideas, 1926-1991 by Mary Stockwell
Triumph, 1966-1976 by Patrick Allitt
New Oxford Review, 1977- by James Thompson
Literary Reviews
Sewanee Review, 1895- by Thomas Daniel Young
Bookman, 1895-1933 by J. David Hoeveler, Jr.
American Review, 1933-1937 by J. David Hoeveler, Jr.
American Mercury, 1924- by Robert Muccigrosso
Southern Review, 1935-1942 by Richard H. King
Kenyon Review, 1939- by Kirk R. Emmert
Old Right Isolationism Periodicals
Scribner's Commentator, 1939-1942 by Justus D. Doenecke
Weekly Foreign Letter, 1938-1942 by Justus D. Doenecke
Appeal to Reason, 1946-1972 by Justus D. Doenecke
The Libertarian Press
Freeman, 1920-1924 by Charles H. Hamilton
Freeman, 1950- by Charles H. Hamilton analysis, 1949-1952 by Charles H. Hamilton
New Individualist Review, 1961-1968 by Ronald Hamowy
Objectivist, 1962-1976 by Robert Hessen
Fragments, 1963- by Marvin Perry
Libertarian Forum, 1969- Marvin Perry
Extreme Rightist Publications
Defender, 1927-1981 by Leo P. Ribuffo
Cross and the Flag, 1942-1977 by Glen Jeansonne
Truth Crusader, 1953-1981 by Richard Pierard
Task Force, 1954-1978 by William C. Baum
Citizen, 1955- by Steven Fitch
Wire Magazine, 1963-1971 by Paul L. Silver
Christ Is the Answer, 1967- by Warren L. Vinz
Right-Wing Anti-Communist Publications
Human Events, 1944- by Thomas J. Ferris
Plain Talk, 1946-1950 by Peter L. de Rosa
Christian Crusade, 1948-1969 by Richard V. Pierard
American Legion Firing Line, 1952- by Peter L. de Rosa
Christian Anti-Communism Crusade Newsletter, 1955- by Paul L. Silver
American Opinion, 1958-1985 by Eckard V. Toy
Intellectual and Traditionalist Jourbanals
National Review, 1955- by Ronald Lora
Modern Age, 1957- by George A. Panichas
University Bookman, 1960- by Jacob H. Dorn
Intercollegiate Review, 1965- by Jacob H. Dorn
Ideas, 1968-1975 by Robert Muccigrosso
Hillsdale Review, 1979-1986 by Gregory Wolfe
Continuity, 1980- by Barry D. Riccio
New Criterion, 1982- by Paul Notley
Jourbanals of Neoconservatism, Policy Analysis, and the New Right
Commentary, 1945- by John Erhman
Orbis, 1957- by Charles DeBenedetti
New Guard, 1961-1978 by William C. Baum
Public Interest, 1965- by John M. Elliott
American Spectator, 1967- by J. David Hoeveler, Jr.
Conservative Digest, 1976- by Steven Fitch
Human Life Review, 1975- by Patrick Allitt
Policy Review, 1977- by John M. Elliott
Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

To many radio talk-show hosts of course, conservative press makes about as much sense as pygmy giants, but here historians and political scientists examine 65 journals as a representative sample of the genre published in the US during the 20th century, including some that began earlier during the rise of industrial capitalism when laissez-faire conservatives sang hymns to American bounty. Most of the journals are monthly or quarterly, but some important weeklies are also included. The arrangement is by orientation, such as religious from fundamentalist to evangelical, Catholic and Episcopal, literary reviews, old-right isolationist, libertarian, extreme rightist, anticommunist, intellectual and traditionalist, and neoconservatist. Only names and titles are indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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