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Book Title: Fredric Wertham And The Critique Of Mass Culture
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 6.1in.
Author: Bart Beaty
Publication Name: Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 277 Pages
