Walton, Whitney A. Internationalism, National Identities, and Study Abroad: France and the United States, 1890–1970. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009.

== Summary ==
This
book traces the emergence and development of study abroad programs between
France and the U.S. She analyzes how students abroad experienced challenges to
national stereotypes, re-evaluated their own national identities, and learned
toleration and appreciation for cultural difference. Thus, Walton argues, young
people from France and the United States become internationalists while
retaining national identities. She writes: “Studying n France and the United
States helped young Americans and French person integrate internationalism and
nationalism into their personal identities and outlooks.” (xii) Walton thus
challenges the narrative that Franco-Indian relations in the twentieth century
were defined by anti-American/Americanziation concerns. Over the course of the twentieth
century, objectives of study abroad have changed to include professional
enhancement, exchange of knowledge, national interest, cultural broadening and
improved international relations. Student also shaped the purposes of the
program, in particular shaping a “cultural internationalism,” she defines as “a
process of dismantling stereotypes, accepting and appreciating national
differences, reassessing one’s national identity, and constructing a more
cosmopolitan self.”
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