Landon Y Jones

Gebundenes Buch

Celebrity Nation

How America Evolved Into a Culture of Fans and Followers

Beschreibung

"A former People magazine editor reveals how our cult of celebrity has shaped our politics, our culture, and our personal lives-for better or worse"--

Autor

Landon Y. (Lanny) Jones (1943-2024) was an editor and author. He was the former managing editor of People and Money magazines and the author of William Clark and the Shaping of the West (2004), a biography of the co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jones also edited a selection of the expedition journals, The Essential Lewis and Clark (2000). In 1980, he published Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation, which coined the phrase "baby-boomer" and was a finalist for the American Book Award in Nonfiction. In 2015, he received the Henry R. Luce Award for Lifetime Achievement from Time Inc.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 147mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780807065655
• ISBN-10: 080706565X
• Artikelnr.: 65511642