"Foreigners have been writing about the United States ever since its foundation. Now it is my turn. But please don't hold this against me: the United States its

The chapters in this volume address the issue of why and how foreign observers view American politics the way they do. By including selections from five of the

At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. Ther

These stories of foreign Fulbrighter in the United States, "Experiencing America: Through the Eyes of Visiting Fulbright Scholars" give the reader a firsthand a

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