The Transnational Turn: Rediscovering American Studies in a Wider World

Journal of American Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-393

  Gross, Robert A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 85012524657     PISSN: 00218758     EISSN: 14695154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021875851006437     Document Type: Article

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20. Horwitz circulated his comments on H-AMSTDY 10 Dec. 1998.
21. See, in particular, the remarks of David Waldstreicher, 4 Dec. 1998; Jeff Finlay, 8 Dec. 1998; and especially Gregory Jay, 4 Dec. 1998.
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