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Autore |
Walton Whitney |
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Titolo |
Internationalism, national identities, and study abroad : France and the United States, 1890-1970 / / Whitney Walton |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Educational exchanges - France - History |
Educational exchanges - United States - History |
Foreign study - France - History |
Foreign study - United States - History |
Internationalism - History |
National characteristics, American - History |
National characteristics, French - History |
France Relations United States |
United States Relations France |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The American Quest for Knowledge and the French Quest for Americans, 1870-1919; 2. Making Internationalists? The Albert Kahn Around-the-World Scholars' Reports on France and the United States, 1898- 1930; 3. Internationalism and the Junior Year Abroad: American Students in France in the 1920's and 1930's; 4. American Girls and French Jeunes Filles: Negotiating National Identities in Interwar France; 5. Warm Relations in a Cold War Atmosphere: Resurgence and Expansion of Study Abroad Following World War II |
6. American National Identity and French Student Life: Politicization and Educational Reform in the 1960's 7. Sexuality, Gender, and National Identities in Twentieth-century Franco-American Exchanges; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book-the first to study educational travel between France and the |
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United States throughout the twentieth century-asserts that study abroad is a valuable form of international relations based on the transformations that students' perceptions of themselves, their culture, and their host country undergo during their time abroad. |
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