| Description |
xiv, 261 p. |
| Series |
Re-mapping the transnational : a Dartmouth series in American studies |
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Re-mapping the transnational.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A retrospective introduction -- American universalism and its democracy -- Area studies revisited -- The American state allegorizes the ruins -- Can American studies be "area studies"? -- Critical poetics: American resources for theorizing America -- Curiosity in the education of Henry Adams -- Can we judge the humanities by their future as a course of study? -- Humanities and the changing role of worldly engagement -- Rights discourse in the age of U.S.-China trade -- Historical humanist, American style -- The ineluctability of American empire -- The intellectual as a contemporary phenomenon -- The end of thinking: intellectual failure in the new world order -- Why the neocons hate Henry Adams. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Influence.
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 21st century.
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United States -- Study and teaching -- Political aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781611683424 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781611683691 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781611683707 (electronic bk.) |
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