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American studies in a moment of danger /
What becomes of ""national knowledge"" in our age of globalization? If dramatic changes in technology, commerce, and social relations are undermining familiar connections between culture and place, what happens to legacies of learning that put the nation at the center of the stud...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, MN ; London :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Critical American studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What becomes of ""national knowledge"" in our age of globalization? If dramatic changes in technology, commerce, and social relations are undermining familiar connections between culture and place, what happens to legacies of learning that put the nation at the center of the study of history, culture, language, politics, and geography? In short, what remains of American Studies? At a critical moment, this book offers a richly textured historical perspective on where our notions of national knowledge-and our sense of American Studies-have come from and where they may lead in a future of new ide. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 384 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-352) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1299914055 9781299914056 9781452935416 1452935416 0816639485 9780816639489 0816639493 9780816639496 |