Harper's Weekly
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Harper's Weekly was a widely read 19th-century American political and literary magazine known for its illustrations, news coverage, and influence during the Civil War era.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American magazine
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illustrated periodical → political magazine → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization
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| basedIn |
New York City
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| coveredEvent |
American Civil War
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Gilded Age politics → Reconstruction era → |
| endPublicationYear |
1916
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| featuredContributor |
Charles Dickens
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George William Curtis → Mark Twain → Thomas Nast → Winslow Homer → |
| finalIssueDate |
May 13, 1916
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| firstIssueDate |
January 3, 1857
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| format |
large-format illustrated weekly
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| hasDigitalArchive |
HarpWeek
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Library of Congress → |
| hasGenre |
illustrated magazine
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literary magazine → news magazine → political journalism → |
| hasRoleIn |
development of American political cartooning
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shaping Northern public opinion during the Civil War → |
| influenced |
American editorial cartoon tradition
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later American news magazines → |
| ISSN |
1040-1742
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| language |
English
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| mediaType |
print magazine
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| notableFor |
American Civil War coverage
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influence on public opinion in the 19th century → political cartoons → woodcut illustrations → |
| ownedBy |
Harper & Brothers
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| politicalAlignment |
Republican Party (during the Civil War era)
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| publicationFrequency |
weekly
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| publisher |
Harper & Brothers
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| regionCovered |
United States national news
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international news → |
| startPublicationYear |
1857
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| subjectFocus |
arts and culture
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current events → literature → national politics → |
| targetAudience |
American middle-class readers
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| timePeriod |
19th century
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Howard Pyle
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Winslow Homer → |
employer |
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Harper's Weekly
("Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Anaconda Plan
("1861 cartoon "Scott’s Great Snake"")
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depictedIn |
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George Harvey
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notableWork |
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Harper & Brothers
("Harper’s Weekly")
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publisherOf |