The Global Future of English Studies
James F. English
Wiley-Blackwell
<ul><li><i>The Global Future of English Studies</i>presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.<li>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. combined<li>Rejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline that dominate histories of the discipline<li>Stresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expanding global academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunities such sudden and dispersive growth presents<li>Essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education