Statistics Of Students Abroad 1962 1968 Where They Go Where They Come From What They Study

Author : Whitney Walton
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804773386
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Internationalism, National Identities, and Study Abroad written by Whitney Walton and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book—the first 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. Author Whitney Walton analyzes study abroad from the perspectives of the students, schools, governments, and NGOs involved and charts its changing purpose and meaning throughout the twentieth century. She 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. This book presents Franco-American relations in the twentieth century as a complex mixture of mutual fascination, apprehension, and appreciation—an alternative narrative to the common framework of Americanization and anti-Americanism. It offers a new definition of internationalism as a process of questioning stereotypes, reassessing national identities, and acquiring a tolerance for and appreciation of difference.