Resources for South Asian Area Studies in the United States : : Report of a Conference Convened by the Committee on South Asia of the Association for Asian Studies for the U.S. Office of Education / / Richard D. Lambert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• HerausgeberIn: Lambert, Richard D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1962
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

The report of a conference convened by the Committee on South Asia of the Association for Asian Studies for the United Sates Office of Education, February 23-25, 1961.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Development of South Asia Studies in the United States, 19-51-1961 -- Anthropology and Sociology -- An Inventory of the Needs in the Development of Political Science in South Asian Studies -- Economic Materials for South Asian Studies -- An Inventory of Needs in the Development of South Asian History -- Notes on Preparation of Materials for Modern Indian Literature -- Contemporary Philosophy, Religion, Arts, Music and Dramatic Art -- Neglected Fields -- Varieties of Language Competences -- Means of Increasing the Student’s Use of Vernaculars in His Area Studies -- Means for Increasing the Use of Vernaculars Among Area Studies Faculty -- A Program of Language and Area Studies on Afghanistan -- Pakistan Studies in North America -- Problems Related to Area and Language Studies on Nepal -- Ceylon and South Asia Studies in the United States -- American Research Library Resources and Needs for Support of Studies of South Asia -- Visual Resources for South Asian Studies and South Asian Studies in Undergraduate Liberal Education -- The Role of Coordinating Agencies and of Inter-University Cooperation in Strengthening South Asian Studies -- Utilizing the Visitors from South Asia -- Bridging the Gap Between the Academician and the Practitioner -- Resources and Facilities for Research in South Asia -- Report of the Conference on the Strengthening and Integration of South Asian Language and Area Studies -- Index