{"product_id":"dian-hansons-the-history-of-mens-magazines-vol-1-from-1900-to-post-wwii-74774","title":"Dian Hanson's: The History of Men's Magazines. Vol. 1: From 1900 to Post-WWII","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the 8.75 x 11.25-inch \"Jumbo Edition\" chock full of vintage magazine covers and interiors from 80 to 120 years ago! Over 700 color illustrations!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e“Men's magazine” is a euphemism for “sex magazine,” though when first conceived in Paris colorful illustrations, jokes and cartoons predominated. Volume 1 covers this genre from its sophisticated beginnings in 1900 to 1945, with over 700 rare covers and interiors from France, Germany, the U.S. and—surprisingly—Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eThe first commercial camera was introduced in 1839. By 1865 technology enabled ordinary men to create photographic negatives, and they immediately began taking and distributing photos of naked women. The French led the way, and it was the French who produced the first nude magazines in 1880, as souvenirs for patrons of Parisian music halls. Newsstand magazines followed, and the elegant La Vie Parisienne (Paris Life), full of sexy fiction and illustrations, debuted in 1914. It might all have stayed in Paris if not for WWI, when German and American troops carried the magazines home. American Wilford Fawcett launched Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang (named after a WWI bomb) in 1919, helping launch the first sexual revolution of the 1920s, leading to SEX magazine from birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eDecadent Weimar Berlin produced cabaret, fetish and free love magazines, countered by nudist titles pushing fascist politics, culminating in the 1933 Berlin book burning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eThe 1930s economic depression boosted demand for cheap escape, and men's magazines delivered. There were film magazines of sexy starlets; “model study” art magazines; hardcore comics called Tijuana Bibles; “spicy” fiction digests with sexy painted covers; and detective titles of bad dames. When another world war erupted it required pinup magazines for fighting men, and after the war new men's magazines rose from the ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eVolume 1 of this series features over 700 covers and photos from France, Germany, the U.S., England, Turkey, Austria, Spain, Argentina and more, plus informative text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53498178175274,"sku":"74774","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/2879\/4922\/files\/MensMagazines.jpg?v=1794170776","url":"https:\/\/stuartngbooks.com\/products\/dian-hansons-the-history-of-mens-magazines-vol-1-from-1900-to-post-wwii-74774","provider":"Stuart Ng Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}