History of Men's Magazines Vol. 5

History of Men's Magazines #5

by Dian Hanson

The definitive annotated and illustrated history of girlie periodicals (1958-1967) Volume IV concentrates on the emergence of California's specialty magazine industry and how it spawned the state's multi-billion dollar sex industry of today, but also includes fetish master Irving Klaw, the specialty magazines of England, and concludes with Sweden and Denmark's emergence as the new powers in European publishing. Together with Volume III, Volume IV gives a complete picture of this fascinating decade of rapid social change, but also stands on its own, covering a distinctly different, more risqu? side of 1960s men's magazine publishing. Volume IV contains over 400 full color pages of magazine covers and interiors with well-researched text profiling important publishers and artists, individual magazines, and specialty magazine categories. This hardcover volume is an instant collectable and is vital to completion of Dian Hanson?s: The History of Men's Magazines six-volume set.

Genres: Smut

460 pages, Hardcover

First published November 30, 2005

About the author

Dian Hanson (born November 2, 1951) began her publishing career as an American pornographic magazine editor, historian, and occasional model, helping found the 1970s hardcore journal Puritan, then moving on to Partner, OUI, Adult Cinema Review, Outlaw Biker and Big Butt, among others. She was most famously the editor of Juggs and Leg Show sexual fetish magazines from 1987–2001.

Reviews

[Jake · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is nostalgic about the era. Domestically, the 70's was the golden period at the end of the sexual revolution and before the corporatization of the industry. Internationally, there is alot of discussion about european and asian porn which was new to me. The photo quality and the photos themselves were much better than the online reviews i read. Very campy and fun.

The old man is talked about in one of the later chapters. He comes off as a degenerate savant -- which, as I recall, he was. My mom claimed there were some exagerations.

Whatever, it made me miss him.