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The publisher : Henry Luce and his American century

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
Print Book, English, 2010
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2010
Biography
xiii, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780679414445, 0679414444
429021916
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