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Virginia Dominguez,Jane Desmond's Global Perspectives on the United States: Pro-Americanism, PDF

By Virginia Dominguez,Jane Desmond

ISBN-10: 025204083X

ISBN-13: 9780252040832

ISBN-10: 0252082338

ISBN-13: 9780252082337

This bold collaborative attempt showcases dialogues among overseas students engaged with the us from overseas. The writers examine the analytic tools and offerings that label sure speak, pictures, behaviors, and allusions as "American" and the way to learn the information on such fabric. The editors current the essays in pairs that overlap in subject or sector. each one writer in this case reviews at the other's paintings. a 3rd student or crew of students from a special self-discipline or geographic situation then offers one other point of study. participants: Andrzej Antoszek, Sophia Balakian, Zsófia Bán, Sabine Bröck, Ian Condry, Kate Delaney, Jane C. Desmond, Virginia R. Dominguez, Ira Dworkin, Richard Ellis, Guillermo Ibarra, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Giorgio Mariani, Ana Mauad, Loes Nas, Edward Schatz, Manar Shorbagy, Kristin Solli, Amy Spellacy, and Michael Titlestad.

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