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UNINA9910451537403321 |
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Bush Harold K (Harold Karl), <1956-2021.> |
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Mark Twain and the spiritual crisis of his age [[electronic resource] /] / Harold K. Bush, Jr |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007 |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
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Christianity and literature - United States - History - 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-331) and index. |
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Mark Twain's roots : Hannibal, the river, and the west -- Mark Twain's wife : the moral ethos of the Victorian home -- Mark Twain's pastor : Joe Twichell and social Christianity -- Mark Twain's liberal faith : the social gospel on Asylum Hill -- Mark Twain's Civil War : civil religion and the Lost Cause -- Mark Twain's American Adam : humor as hope and apocalypse -- Mark Twain's grief : the final years. |
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The writer's fascination with America's spiritual and religious evolution in the 19th century. Mark Twain is often pictured as a severe critic of religious piety, shaking his fist at God and mocking the devout. Such a view, however, is only partly correct. It ignores the social realities of Twain's major period as a writer and his own spiritual interests: his participation in church activities, his socially progressive agenda, his reliance on religious themes in his major works, and his friendships with clergymen, especially his pastor and best friend, Joe Twichell. It also bet |
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UNINA9910456544803321 |
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The education of language minority immigrants in the United States [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Terrence G. Wiley, Jin Sook Lee and Russell W. Rumberger |
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Bristol ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2009 |
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1-84769-380-6 |
1-282-65697-X |
9786612656972 |
1-84769-212-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Bilingual education & bilingualism ; ; 74 |
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WileyTerrence G |
LeeJin Sook <1970-> |
RumbergerRussell W |
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Education, Bilingual - United States |
Sociolinguistics - United States |
Multilingualism - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Language Graveyard? The Evolution of Language Competencies, Preferences and Use among Young Adult Children of Immigrants -- Chapter 2. The Economics of Language for Immigrants: An Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 3. Immigration, Race and Higher Education Outcomes -- Chapter 4. Immigrant Youth in High School: Understanding Educational Outcomes for Students of Mexican Origin -- Chapter 5. A Synthesis of the Roles of Heritage Languages in the Lives of Children of Immigrants: What Educators Need to Know -- Chapter 6. Assimilation and Resistance: How Language and Culture Infl uence Gender Identity Negotiation in First-Generation Vietnamese Immigrant Youth -- Chapter 7. Agentive Youth Research: Towards Individual, Collective and Policy Transformations -- Chapter 8. The Need for Multiple Measures in Reclassifi cation Decisions: A Validity |
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Study of the Stanford English Language Profi ciency Test -- Chapter 9. Immigrant Students, English Language Profi ciency and Transitions from High School to Community College -- Chapter 10. Commentary: Language, Immigration and the Quality of Education: Moving Toward a Broader Conversation -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
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The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States draws from quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to inform educational policy and practice. It is based on cutting-edge research and policy analyses from a number of well-known experts on immigrant language minority education in the USA. The collection includes contributions on the acquisition of English, language shift, the maintenance of heritage languages, prospects for long-term educational achievement, how family background, economic status, and gender and identity influence academic adjustment and achievement, challenges for appropriate language testing and placement, and examples of advocacy action research. It concludes with a thoughtful commentary aimed at broadening our understanding of the need to provide quality immigrant language minority education within the context of globalization. This collection will be of value to students and researchers interested in promoting educational equity and achievement for immigrant language minority students. |
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