Humor in America : A Research Guide to Genres and Topics
by Mintz, Lawrence E., editor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good without dust jacket
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About This Item
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover in red cloth binding. Very Good without dust jacket. Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and scuffing to covers including some faint spotting on back cover. 241 pages with notes and index. A collection of essays on research on topics like racial and ethnic humor, political humor, stand-up, and other subjects.
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- Motte & Bailey, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9954
- Title
- Humor in America : A Research Guide to Genres and Topics
- Author
- Mintz, Lawrence E., editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in red cloth binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good without dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Greenwood Press
- Place of Publication
- Westport, CT
- Date Published
- 1988
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