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Book Title: Black & White & Noir: America's Pulp Modernism
Item Length: 8.9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.3in
Author: Paula Rabinowitz
Publication Name: Black and White and Noir : America's Pulp Modernism
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
