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Zelnik, Eran A.. American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750-1850. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025. 352 pp. $64.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781421450605. Reviewed by Joshua Lynn (Eastern Kentucky University) Published on H-Early-America (January, 2026) Commissioned by Patrick Luck (Florida Polytechnic University)

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Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850

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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In American Laughter, American Fury, Eran A. Zelnik offers a cultural history of early America that shows how humor among white men served to define and con...

How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.

How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.

How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.

How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?

Professor Eran Zelnik talks about his new book, American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy 1750-1850

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