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Internationalism, national identities, and study abroad : France and the United States, 1890-1970 / Whitney Walton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walton, Whitney.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational exchanges--France--History.
- Educational exchanges.
- Educational exchanges--United States--History.
- Foreign study--France--History.
- Foreign study.
- Foreign study--United States--History.
- Internationalism--History.
- Internationalism.
- National characteristics, American--History.
- National characteristics, American.
- National characteristics, French--History.
- National characteristics, French.
- France--Relations--United States.
- France.
- United States--Relations--France.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804773386
- 0804773386
- OCLC:
- 638861398
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