Title Internationalism, national identities, and study abroad : France and the United States, 1890-1970 / Whitney Walton

Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 258 pages) : illustrations Contents The American quest for knowledge and the French quest for Americans, 1870-1919 -- Making internationalists? : the Albert Kahn around-the-world scholars' reports on France and the United States, 1898-1930 -- Internationalism and the junior year abroad : American students in France in the 1920s and 1930s -- American girls and French jeunes filles : negotiating national identities in interwar France -- Warm relations in a Cold War atmosphere : resurgence and expansion of study abroad following World War II -- American national identity and French student life : politicization and educational reform in the 1960s -- Sexuality, gender, and national identities in twentieth-century Franco-American exchanges Summary This long-term study of educational travel between France and the United States suggests that, by studying abroad, ordinary people are constructively involved in international relations. It analyzes study abroad from the perspectives of the students, schools, governments, and non-governmental organizations involved, and charts its changing purpose and meaning throughout the twentieth century. The book shows how students' preconceptions of themselves, their culture, and the other nationality - particularly differences in gender roles - shaped their experiences and were transformed during their time abroad Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Foreign study -- France -- History Foreign study -- United States -- History Educational exchanges -- France -- History Educational exchanges -- United States -- History National characteristics, French -- History National characteristics, American -- History Internationalism -- History EDUCATION -- Aims & Objectives. HISTORY / Europe / France Educational exchanges Foreign study Internationalism National characteristics, American National characteristics, French International relations SUBJECT France -- Relations -- United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002751 United States -- Relations -- France. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002752 Subject France United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2009015730 ISBN 9780804773386 0804773386 0804762538 9780804762533

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