The New Humor in the Progressive Era: Americanization and by R. DesRochers

By R. DesRochers

through tracing the results of extraordinary immigration, the arrival of the hot girl, and the little-known vaudeville careers of performers just like the Elinore Sisters, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, DesRochers examines the relation among comedic vaudeville acts and innovative reformers as they fought over the hot definition of "Americanness."

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