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A Laughable Empire: The US Imagines the Pacific World, 1840–1890 - Humor in America Thompson, Todd Nathan (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
A Laughable Empire: The US Imagines the Pacific World, 1840–1890 - Humor in America
Thompson, Todd Nathan (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Explores humor and satire as a comic contact zone between the United States and the Pacific world from 1840 to 1890. Considers how nineteenth-century Americans and Pacific Islanders used humor to employ stereotypes or to question them.
224 pages, 13 Halftones, black and white
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 25, 2023 |
| ISBN13 | 9780271095042 |
| Publishers | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Pages | 244 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 22 mm · 530 g |
| Language | English |