Internationalism, national identities, and study abroad : France and the United States, 1890-1970 / / Whitney Walton
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 370.116/20944 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | France Relations United States |
| United States Relations France | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book-the first to study educational travel between France and the 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Internationalism, national identities, and study abroad |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-7338-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815925403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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