Hemispheric American studies.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9780813542232

Hemispheric American studies.

Ed. by Caroline F. Levander and Robert S. Levine.

Rutgers U. Press

2008

356 pages

$27.95

Paperback

E20

Studying the Americas as if geopolitical boundaries were the primary element of differentiation has proved to be the result of bias more than scholarly judgment. This collection of 15 essays works toward an interdisciplinary approach that favors the regional and cultural over the merely national. It provides new insights on the real meaning of Jamestown, colonial racial intermingling, complex ...

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