Language policy and identity politics in the United States / Ronald Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Ronald, 1943-

Series:

Mapping racisms.

Mapping racisms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language policy--United States.

Language policy.

Americanization.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Well over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. Critics of immigration and multiculturalism argue that recent government language policies such as bilingual education, non-English election materials, and social service and workplace ""language rights"" threaten the national character of the United States. Proponents of bilingualism, on the other hand, maintain that, far from being a threat, these language policies and programs provide an opportunity to right old wr

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Politics of Language in the United States?; I. The Issues and the Context; 1. Language Policies in Conflict: An Overview; 2. Making Sense of Language Policy Conflict; 3. The Social Foundations of U.S. Language Politics; II. The Arguments; 4. Historical Perspectives on U.S. Identity Politics and Ethnolinguistic Inequality; 5. Language Policy and Equality: The Search for Justice; 6. Language Policy and National Unity: The Search for the Common Good; III. Critique and Reform

7. Flaws at Every Turn: A Critique of Assimilationist, Pluralist, and Confederationist Alternatives8. Pluralistic Integration: Toward Greater Justice and a More Common Good; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.

ISBN:

9781439906095

1439906092

9780585382760

058538276X

OCLC:

780605512

Publisher Number:

2027/heb34330 hdl