Nightmare Envy and Other Stories: American Culture and European Reconstruction

by George Blaustein

What has it meant to be an Americanist? What did it mean to be an Americanist through fascism, war, and occupation? Nightmare Envy and Other Stories is a study of Americanist writing and institutions in the 20th century. Four chapters trace four routes through the mid-twentieth century. The first chapter is the hidden history of American Studies in the United States, Europe and Japan. The second is the strange career of "national character" in anthropology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190209216
• ISBN13: 9780190209216
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"