“I think it was Walter Cronkite who used to end his nightly newscasts by saying, ‘That’s the way it is.’ Well, I wanted to put out a magazine which would say: ‘That’s not the way it is at all. McCabe Lecture, offered a sense of his editorial approach in an interview with The Brooklyn Rail in 2002. Navasky, who delivered the 2009 Thomas B. When he was named editor in 1978, Navasky introduced a droll sensibility that leavened the magazine’s sometimes too-earnest prose. One of America’s oldest publications, The Nation, based in New York, was founded in 1865 as a weekly by abolitionists and had long been an influential voice for civil rights, free expression, progressive labor legislation and criticism of the Vietnam War. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the College in 1984. Navasky graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Swarthmore College in 1954 with a degree in political science and international relations. Victor Navasky '54 H'84, a witty and contrarian journalist who for 27 years as either editor or publisher commanded the long-running left-leaning magazine The Nation, and who also wrote the book Naming Names, a breakthrough chronicle of the Hollywood blacklisting era, died on Monday in Manhattan. Navasky, a Leading Liberal Voice in Journalism, Dies at 90 N° de ref.In Honor of Political Journalist Victor Navasky '54 H'84 January 25th, 2023 Navasky goes far beyond that small town and brings the subject right up to the present" (from the front flap).
the subject is cold-war Hollywood, but Mr. An examination of of the blacklisting in the 1950's ". The dust jacket is clean and free of tears, scratches, scrapes, and fading however, it has some browning from masking tape on the back side-along all edges, along both folds and along the entire width of the spine. Not remaindered or ex-library but possibly a Book Club edition. Except for an inked name/date/city on the back of the FFEP and a 1-1/2" circular embossed name on the FFEP and on the title page (see photo), the interior is perfectly clean and completely free of writing, stray marks, stains and any sort of paper damage. This book is very decent though flawed condition: the exterior is square, spotlessly clean, free of corner bumps and edge dings with slight bumping at the head and heel of the spine hinges are strong. 9-1/2" tall, 482 numbered pages includes "Notes on Sources", "Acknowledgements" and "Index". Unstated edition, indeterminate printing due to the lack of a number line.
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