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Baumgartner (political science, East Carolina Univ.; Conventional Wisdom and American Elections) and more than 90 contributors track the evolution of humor through American history, from the colonial era to present. Baumgartner differentiates between political satire, which delivers a message about a politician or a policy's deficiencies, and political comedy, which is primarily intended to entertain. Organized by era, with each of the final four sections devoted to a presidency, stopping midway through the Trump administration, the work covers humorists many readers will recognize, such as polit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More