Russian/Soviet Studies in the United States, Amerikanistika in Russia : Mutual Representations in Academic Projects.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: US Russian Studies and Russian Amerikanistika in Historical Retrospective -- Chapter One: How Home Agenda Defines the Study of the Other -- Chapter Two: Russian Ideas of Cassius M. Clay -- Chapter Three: Zenaida Ragozin and Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood -- Chapter Four: Russian Studies in the United States and Amerikanistika in the Russian Empire -- Chapter Five: Russian Sociologists Abroad and Their Influence on Russian Studies in the United States in the First Half of the Twentieth Century -- Chapter Six: Between Moscow and the West -- Chapter Seven: Zbigniew Brzezinski's Appraisal of the Systemic Inadequacies of Soviet-Style Communism -- Chapter Eight: The Pedagogy of Patriotism -- Chapter Nine: American Literary Canons in the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia -- Part II: Disciplines and Area Studies Centers in the Context of Foreign Policy Making and Societal Demand -- Chapter Ten: Russia in the Representations of the Council on Foreign Relations during the Period of Nonrecognition -- Chapter Eleven: Knowing Allies and Enemies -- Chapter Twelve: Slavic and Soviet Area Studies at the University of Kansas -- Chapter Thirteen: The Politics of Knowledge -- Chapter Fourteen: American Studies on the Shores of Neva -- Chapter Fifteen: Contemporary Dialogue of Russian and American Historiographies -- Chapter Sixteen: Studying Russian Politics After the Cold War -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors.

In this collection, leading scholars of U.S.-Russian relations from both countries analyze the place occupied by the study of the "Other," either Russian or American, within national social and political agendas throughout the past century and a half. The contributors examine the problems that arise from the intersections of academic, political, and sociocultural contexts.

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