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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lipsitz, George
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (408 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9781452935416