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American studies

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American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American history, society, and culture. [1]

89 relations: African-American studies, Alan Trachtenberg, American exceptionalism, American literature, American Literature (academic discipline), American studies, American Studies (journal), American Studies Association, American studies in Germany, American studies in the United Kingdom, Annette Kolodny, Asian American studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Belgium, Belles-lettres, British Association for American Studies, Brussels, China Foreign Affairs University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Christchurch, Cold War, Critical theory, Cultural diplomacy, Cultural studies, Culture of the United States, East China Normal University, Fudan University, Goethe University Frankfurt, Hansung University, Harvard University, Heidelberg Center for American Studies, Henry Nash Smith, High School of American Studies at Lehman College, History of the United States, Hopkins–Nanjing Center, Institute for US and Canadian Studies, Interdisciplinarity, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Keimyung University, Kyung Hee University, Latin American studies, Leiden University, Leipzig University, Leo Marx, Literary criticism, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Native American studies, Netherlands, Outline of academic disciplines, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, ..., Peking University, Project MUSE, Public humanities, Pyeongtaek University, Radboud University Nijmegen, Royal Library of Belgium, Russian Academy of Sciences, Semiotics, Seoul National University, Sichuan University, Slovakia, Society of the United States, Sogang University, Sweden, The Machine in the Garden, Tongji University, United States, United States Studies Centre, University of Alberta, University of Amsterdam, University of Bahrain, University of Bonn, University of Canterbury, University of Cologne, University of Groningen, University of Kansas, University of Nottingham, University of Prešov, University of Southern Denmark, University of Sussex, University of Tehran, University of Western Ontario, Uppsala University, Utrecht University, Vernon Louis Parrington, World War II, Yonsei University, York University, 1928 Pulitzer Prize. Expand index (39 more) »

African-American studies

African-American studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans.

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Alan Trachtenberg

Alan Trachtenberg (born March 22, 1932, in Philadelphia, PA) is Neil Gray, Jr.

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American exceptionalism

American exceptionalism is an ideology holding the United States as unique among nations in positive or negative connotations, with respect to its ideas of democracy and personal freedom.

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American literature

American literature is literature written or produced in the United States and its preceding colonies (for specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States).

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American Literature (academic discipline)

American Literature is an academic discipline devoted to the study of American literature.

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American studies

American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American history, society, and culture.

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American Studies (journal)

American Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering issues broadly concerning American culture and international perspectives.

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American Studies Association

The American Studies Association (ASA) is an organization founded in 1951.

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American studies in Germany

Teaching and Research in German American studies is mostly done on the level of universities.

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American studies in the United Kingdom

American studies as an academic discipline is taught at some British universities and incorporated in several school subjects, such as history, politics and literature.

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Annette Kolodny

Annette Kolodny (born 21 August 1941, New Yourk, N.Y., U.S.) is a feminist literary critic and activist, and currently holds the position of College of Humanities Professor Emerita of American Literature and Culture at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

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Asian American studies

Asian American Studies is an academic discipline which critically examines the history, experiences, culture, and policies relevant to Asian Americans.

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Beijing Foreign Studies University

Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), popularly known as Běiwài in Mandarin and BFSU in English, is a university located in Beijing, China.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Belles-lettres

Belles-lettres or belles lettres is a category of writing, originally meaning beautiful or fine writing.

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British Association for American Studies

The British Association for American Studies is a learned society in the field of American studies.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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China Foreign Affairs University

The China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU) in Beijing, People's Republic of China is a competitive university for diplomats.

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Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), with historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republic of China era, is the premier and the most comprehensive academic research organization and national center in the People's Republic of China for study in the fields of philosophy and social sciences, with the obligation of advancing and innovating in the scientific researches of philosophy, social sciences and policies.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Critical theory

Critical theory is a school of thought that stresses the reflective assessment and critique of society and culture by applying knowledge from the social sciences and the humanities.

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Cultural diplomacy

Cultural diplomacy a type of public diplomacy and soft power that includes the "exchange of ideas, information, art, language and other aspects of culture among nations and their peoples in order to foster mutual understanding".

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Cultural studies

Cultural studies is a field of theoretically, politically, and empirically engaged cultural analysis that concentrates upon the political dynamics of contemporary culture, its historical foundations, defining traits, conflicts, and contingencies.

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Culture of the United States

The culture of the United States of America is primarily of Western culture (European) origin and form, but is influenced by a multicultural ethos that includes African, Native American, Asian, Polynesian, and Latin American people and their cultures.

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East China Normal University

East China Normal University (ECNU) is a comprehensive public research university in Shanghai, China.

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Fudan University

Fudan University, located in Shanghai, China, is a C9 League university that is one of the most prestigious and selective universities in China.

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Goethe University Frankfurt

Goethe University Frankfurt (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Hansung University

Hansung University is a university in South Korea.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Heidelberg Center for American Studies

The University of Heidelberg's Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) is a higher education and research center.

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Henry Nash Smith

Henry Nash Smith (September 29, 1906 – June 6, 1986) was a scholar of American culture and literature.

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High School of American Studies at Lehman College

The High School of American Studies at Lehman College, commonly called American Studies or simply HSAS, is a New York City public high school that specializes in social studies, history, and English.

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History of the United States

The history of the United States began with the settlement of Indigenous people before 15,000 BC.

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Hopkins–Nanjing Center

The Johns Hopkins University – Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies or the Hopkins–Nanjing Center for short, is an international campus of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and a joint educational venture between Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University that opened in Nanjing, China in 1986.

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Institute for US and Canadian Studies

Institute for US and Canadian Studies (Russian: Институт США и Канады РАН, Institut SShA i Kanadi RAN) is a Russian think tank which is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, specializing on the comprehensive studies of the United States and Canada.

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Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combining of two or more academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project).

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John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies

The John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies (JFKI) is a central institute at Freie Universität Berlin.

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Keimyung University

Keimyung University (KMU) is a private university in South Korea.

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Kyung Hee University

Kyung Hee University(Korean: 경희대학교) is one of the best private university encompassing an educational system from kindergarten to graduate school with campuses in Seoul, Yongin, Hongneung, and Gwangneung (on the outskirts of Namyangju city), South Korea. Kyung Hee University has 24 colleges, 82 departments and majors, 65 master's and 63 doctorate programs, 18 professional and special graduate schools, and 43 auxiliary research institutions. The university counts Slavoj Žižek, Jason Barker and Emanuel Pastreich among its international professors.http://gradenglish.khu.ac.kr/contents/bbs/bbs_content.html?bbs_cls_cd.

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Latin American studies

Latin American studies (LAS) is an academic and research field associated with the study of Latin America.

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Leiden University

Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; Universiteit Leiden), founded in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands.

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Leipzig University

Leipzig University (Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany.

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Leo Marx

Leo Marx (born November 15, 1919) was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an author known for his works in the field of American studies.

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Literary criticism

Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.

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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (also referred to as LMU or the University of Munich, in German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university located in Munich, Germany.

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Native American studies

Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Outline of academic disciplines

An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched as part of higher education.

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Pavol Jozef Šafárik University

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (Slovak Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach) is a university located in Košice, Slovakia.

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Peking University

Peking University (abbreviated PKU or Beida; Chinese: 北京大学, pinyin: běi jīng dà xué) is a major Chinese research university located in Beijing and a member of the C9 League.

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Project MUSE

Project MUSE, a non-profit collaboration between libraries and publishers, is an online database of peer-reviewed academic journals and electronic books.

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Public humanities

Public humanities is the work of federal, state, nonprofit and community-based cultural organizations that engage publics in conversations, facilitate and present lectures, exhibitions, performances and other programs for the general public on topics such as history, philosophy, popular culture and the arts.

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Pyeongtaek University

Pyeongtaek University (평택대학교, 平澤大學校) is a private research university located in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

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Radboud University Nijmegen

Radboud University Nijmegen (abbreviated as RU, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, formerly Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen) is a public university with a strong focus on research located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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Royal Library of Belgium

The Royal Library of Belgium (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België in Dutch, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique in French, abbreviated KBR and sometimes nicknamed Albertina in Dutch and Albertine in French) is one of the most important cultural institutions in Belgium.

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Russian Academy of Sciences

The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) Rossíiskaya akadémiya naúk) consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.

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Semiotics

Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign process (semiosis) and meaningful communication.

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Seoul National University

Seoul National University (SNU;, colloquially Seouldae) is a national research university located in Seoul, South Korea.

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Sichuan University

Sichuan University (often simply called to "川大" Chuāndà and shortened to "SCU" in English) is a university in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, China. It has a long history and many predecessors, of which the earliest one was founded in 1740 with the origin in BCE 141. It was transformed to be a modern university in 1920s and the name National Sichuan University (國立四川大學) was adopted in 1931. Sichuan University (SCU) is one of the national universities directly under the Ministry of Education (MOE). It is also one of the State 211 Project and 985 Project universities enjoying privileged construction in the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, and is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University.

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Slovakia

Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Society of the United States

The society of the United States is based on Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine, folklore, etc.

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Sogang University

Sogang University (hangul: 서강대학교 hanja) is one of the leading research and liberal arts universities of South Korea.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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The Machine in the Garden

The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America is a 1964 work of literary criticism written by Leo Marx and published by Oxford University Press.

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Tongji University

Tongji University, colloquially known as Tongji (同济, Tóngjì), is a comprehensive university located in Shanghai.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Studies Centre

The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney aims to increase understanding of the United States in Australia and enrich the Australia-United States relationship.

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University of Alberta

The University of Alberta (also known as U of A and UAlberta) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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University of Amsterdam

The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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University of Bahrain

The University of Bahrain (جامعة البحرين, informally Bahrain University, abbreviated as UOB) is the largest public university in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

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University of Bonn

The University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany.

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University of Canterbury

The University of Canterbury (Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation Cantuar. or Cant. for Cantuariensis, the Latin name for Canterbury) is New Zealand's second oldest university.

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University of Cologne

The University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany.

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University of Groningen

The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.

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University of Kansas

The University of Kansas, also referred to as KU or Kansas, is a public research university in the U.S. state of Kansas.

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University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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University of Prešov

The University of Prešov is the only public university in the Prešov self-governing region.

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University of Southern Denmark

The University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet, literally South Danish University, abbr. SDU) is a university in Denmark.

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University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is a public research university in Falmer, Sussex, England.

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University of Tehran

The University of Tehran (دانشگاه تهران), also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest modern university.

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University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario (UWO), corporately branded as Western University as of 2012 and commonly shortened to Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada.

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Uppsala University

Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet) is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Sweden and all of the Nordic countries still in operation, founded in 1477.

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Utrecht University

Utrecht University (UU; Universiteit Utrecht, formerly Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht) is a university in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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Vernon Louis Parrington

Vernon Louis Parrington (August 3, 1871 – June 16, 1929) was an American literary historian and scholar.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yonsei University

Yonsei University is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea.

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York University

York University (Université York) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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1928 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1928.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_studies

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