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The Hard Sell of Paradise

The Hard Sell of Paradise

Jason Sperb

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State University of New York Press
Año de edición:
2022
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Historia de América
ISBN:
9781438487731
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Traces the complex and contradictory representations of Hawai’i in popular film and television programs from the 1930s to the 1970s.

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