The politics of knowledge
Subtitle: area studies and the disciplines
By: edited by David L. Szanton
Series: University of California International and Area Studies digital collection. UCIAS edited volumes -- v. 3; University of California International and Area Studies digital collection -- v. 3.
Publisher: University of California Press/University of California International and Area Studies Digital Collection
Published: 2002
Place of publication: [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Area studies
Notes: Title from v. 3 homepage.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text (electronic document).

Mode of access: World Wide Web; papers in pdf format.
Table of contents: title: The origin, nature, and challenges of area studies in the United States / David L. Szanton; title: Latin American studies, theory and practice / Paul Drake and Lisa Hilbink; title: The Middle East in the past and future of social science / Timothy Mitchell; title: Area studies in search of Africa / Pearl T. Robinson; title: Japanese studies: the intangible act of translation / Alan Tansman; title: Soviet and post-Soviet area studies / Victoria E. Bonnell and George Breslauer; title: Eastern Europe or Central Europe? exploring a distinct regional identity / Ellen Comisso and Brad Gutierrez; title: The transformation of contemporary China studies, 1977-2002 / Andrew G. Walder; title: South Asian studies: futures past / Nicholas B. Dirks; title: The development of Southeast Asian studies in the United States / John Bowen.