Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The American Quest for Knowledge and the French Quest for Americans, 18701919; 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 1920s and 1930s; 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 1960s7. Sexuality, Gender, and National Identities in Twentieth-century Franco-American Exchanges; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Index
Summary
This bookthe first to study educational travel between France and the United States throughout the twentieth centuryasserts 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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Internationalismus Firma gnd
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
