TY - BOOK AU - English,James F. TI - The global future of English studies SN - 9781119944645 AV - PE1065 .E56 2012eb U1 - 420.7 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Linguistics KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes index; Front Matter -- PART I: The Future of English Enrollments -- PART II: The Future of English Professors -- PART III: The Future of the English Curriculum -- Manifesto -- Index N2 - The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, and financing in English studies around the world including China, home to more English majors than the U.S. and U.K. combinedRejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline that dominate histories of the disciplineStresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expanding global academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunities such sudden and dispers UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119944676 ER -