Learning Places: The Afterlives of Area Studies

by Masao Miyoshi

Book Overview

Under globalization, the project of area studies and its relationship to the fields of cultural, ethnic, and gender studies has grown more complex and more in need of the rigorous reexamination that this volume and its distinguished contributors undertake. In the aftermath of World War II, area studies were created in large part to supply information on potential enemies of the United States. The essays in Learning Places argue, however, that the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822328267
• ISBN13: 9780822328261
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.7"