Magazines & the Making of America:  Modernization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860.

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Chapter 2:  The history of magazines in America

• Figure 2.2:  Number of magazines founded, failed, & published in America, 1741-1860
  
• Figure 2.3:  The geographic spread of magazines across America, 1741-1860
  
• Figure 2.4:  The geographic concentration of magazine publishing, by period (4 figures)
  
• Figure 2.5;  The geographic dispersion (index of qualitative variation) of magazines, 1790-1860
  
• Figure 2.6:  The geographic reach claimed by magazines, 1790-1860
  
• Figure 2.7:  Magazine genres by year, 1790-1860
  
• Figure 2.8:  Timeline for the first appearance of magazines published in languages other than English
  

Chapter 3:  The material & cultural foundations of magazines

• Figure 3.1:  The spread of printing presses across America
  
• Figure 3.2:  Postage rates for newspapers, magazines, & letters, 1790-1860
  
• Figure 3.4:  Magazine foundings in core & peripheral states by geographic identity (2 separate files)
  
• Figure 3.5:  Urbanization, 1760-1860
  
• Figure 3.6:  The size distribution of urban areas, 1760-1860
  
• Figure 3.7:  Enrollment in common schools by state, 1840 & 1860 (2 figures)
  
• Figure 3.8:  The growth of colleges, 1740-1860
  

Chapter 4:  Launching magazines

• Figure 4.2:  Founders' motivations
  
• Figure 4.3:  Communities served by magazines
  
• Figure 4.4:  Trends in communities served by magazines
  

Chapter 5:  Religion

• Figure 5.1:  Number of locations (colonies, states, territories) where revivals occurred, 1740-1860
  
• Figure 5.2:  The evolving demography of religious congregations by region, 1740-1860 (4 figures)
  
• Figure 5.3:  Formal structures in American denominations
  
• Figure 5.4:  The growth of religious magazines, 1741-1860
  
• Figure 5.5:  The number of religious magazines by faith & faith group
  
• Figure 5.6:  The evolving demography of religious magazines by region, 1800-1860 (4 figures)
  
• Figure 5.9:  The growth of religious vs. other genres of magazines, 1790-1860
  

Chapter 6:  Social reform

• Figure 6.1:  Timeline for the establishment of the first formal organization to support each social reform
  
• Figure 6.2:  Reform targets in specialized magazines, 1741-1860
  
• Figure 6.3:  The number of articles & letters in magazines about social reform movements
  
• Figure 6.4:  Causal model:  churches, print media, and anti-slavery societies
  

Chapter 7:  The economy

• Figure 7.1:  Economic growth, 1740-1860
  
• Figure 7.2:  The growing market for farm products, 1800-1860 (2 figures)
  
• Figure 7.3:  Index of industrial production, 1790-1860
  
• Figure 7.4:  Business magazines by location, 1815-1860
  
• Figure 7.5:  Patent activity,1790-1860
  
• Figure 7.6:  Investments in farm implements & machinery, 1800-1860