The Absentee American: Repatriates' Perspectives on America and Its Place in the Contemporary World

by Carolyn D. Smith

Book Overview

During the 1950s and 1960s increasing numbers of American citizens were stationed in foreign countries, and a whole generation of American children grew up abroad. As the interdependence of nations increases, new generations of Absentee Americans will be raised outside the United States. Based on interviews and questionnaire responses, this unique volume describes the impact of overseas living on Americans who spent at least some of their formative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275936554
• ISBN13: 9780275936556
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"