The Improbable First Century of Cosmopolitan Magazine

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The Improbable First Century of Cosmopolitan Magazine The Improbable First Century of J A M E S L A N D E R S Cosmopolitan Magazine U n i v e r s i t y o f M i s s o u r i P r e s s C o l u m b i a a n d L o n d o n Copyright © 2010 by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Landers, James, 1947– The improbable first century of Cosmopolitan magazine / James Landers. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8262-1906-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Cosmopolitan (NewYork,N.Y.: 1952) 2. Cosmopolitan.3. American periodicals—History— 19th century. 4. American periodicals—History—20th century. I. Title. PN4900.C68L36 2010 051—dc22 2010024173 This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Design and composition: Jennifer Cropp Printing and binding: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Typefaces: Minion and Bordeaux ...