The Model Man

A Life of Edward William Bok, 1863-1930
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-420-1495-4
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 15 mm x 22 mm

Reihe: Amsterdam Monographs in American Studies

Edward William Bok was the most famous Dutch-American in early twentieth-century America thanks to his thirty-year editorship of the Ladies’ Home Journal, the most prestigious women’s magazine of the day. This first complete coverage of Edward Bok’s life places him against his ethnic background and portrays him as the spokesman for and the molder of the American middle class between 1890 and 1930. He acted as a mediator between a Victorian and a modern society, reconciling consumerism with idealism. As a Dutch immigrant he became a model for successful adaptation to a new country and modern times. He used his national reputation to restore America’s internationalism in the 1920s. His life story is relevant to those interested in the history of immigration, journalism, the rise of big business, the women’s movement, and the Progressive Movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krabbendam, Hans

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
I “A Most Respected Family,” 1800-1870
II The Immigrant Boks in Brooklyn, 1870-1889
III From Bachelor Editor to Heir Apparent, 1889-1900
IV Professional Crusader, 1900-1912
V Broadening Views and Outside Interests, 1912-1920
VI Reconnecting with a Dutch Past, 1920-1922
VII Promotor of Culture and Peace, 1923-1925
VIII Materializing the Message, 1925-1930
Conclusion
Appendices
1: Chronology of the Life of Edward William Bok
2: Bok Family Tree
3: Circulation of the Ladies’ Home Journal, 1893-1920
Sources
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations follow page 118