Selected Proceedings of the First World Congress of the International American Studies Association, 22-24 May 2003 /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Theo D'haen [and others].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rodopi,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (636 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Textxet ;
Volume Designation
47
GENERAL NOTES
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Congress held in Leiden, the Netherlands.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Table of Contents; American Studies from an International American Studies Perspective; International, Transnational, Hemispheric America; American Social, Ethical, and Religious Mentalities; Comparative Perspectives, Literary Counterpoints; American Identities; Space and Place in American Studies; Notes on Contributors
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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How Far is America From Here? approaches American nations and cultures from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective. It is very much at the heart of this comparative agenda that "America" be considered as a hemispheric and global matter. It discusses American identities relationally, whether the relations under discussion operate within the borders of the United States, throughout the Americas, and/or worldwide. The various articles here gathered interrogate the very notion of "America": which, whose America, when, why now, how? What is meant by "far"-distance, discursive formations, i.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
How far is America from here?.
International Standard Book Number
9042017562
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Comparative literature, Congresses.
Civilization.
Comparative literature.
Education.
HISTORY-- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
America, Civilization, Congresses.
United States, Study and teaching, Congresses.
America.
United States.
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HIS-- 029000
HIS-- 038000
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
970
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
E20
Book number
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H69
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PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Haen, Theo d'.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
International American Studies Association., World Congress(1st :2003 :, Leiden, Netherlands)