1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456376503321

Autore

Kingsbury Celia Malone

Titolo

For home and country [[electronic resource] ] : World War I propaganda on the home front / / Celia Malone Kingsbury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-74926-9

9786612749261

0-8032-2832-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 pages)

Collana

Studies in war, society, and the military

Disciplina

940.4/88

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Propaganda

World War, 1914-1918 - United States

Propaganda, American

Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects

World War, 1914-1918 - Psychological aspects

Persuasion (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Food will win the war : domestic science and the royal society -- "One hundred percent" : war service and women's fiction -- VADs and khaki girls : the ultimate reward for war service -- "Learning to hate the German beast" : children as war mongers -- The hun is at the gate : protecting the innocents -- Conclusion : learning to love big brother--or not.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789791003321

Titolo

Globalization of language and culture in Asia : the impact of globalization processes on language / / edited by Viniti Vaish

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-283-20531-9

9786613205315

1-4411-2957-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Advances in Sociolinguistics

Disciplina

306.44095

Soggetti

Language and languages - Globalization

Asia Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction: Globalization of Language and Culture in Asia; 2. Global Mandarin; 3. Muslim Education and Globalization: The Re-(de)positioning of Languages and Curriculum Content in Southeast Asia; 4. Language Idealism and Realism in Globalization: Exploring Homogeneity Beliefs in Japan; 5. Linguistic Capital, Study Mothers and the Transnational Family in Singapore; 6. Globalization and English Teaching in Sri Lanka: Foreign Resources and Local Responses; 7. Pedagogy, Culture and Globalization in India; 8. Flows of Technology: Mandarin in Cyberspace

9. Globalization and South Korea's EPIK (English Program in Korea)10. Globalization and Language-in-Education Policy Shift in Malaysia: Challenges of Implementation; 11. Globalization: Medium-of-Instruction Policy, Indigenous Educational Systems and ELT in Sri Lanka; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The impact of globalization processes on language is an emergent field in sociolinguistics.  To date there has not been an in-depth look at this in Asia, although Asia includes the two most populous globalizing economies of the world, India and China. Covering the major themes in the field of globalization and language, this book will take a look at



topics such as English emerging as the medium of instruction for subjects like mathematics and science. Another theme is the rise of Mandarin as a potentially 'global' language networking the Chinese diaspora.  The cultural contexts of Asia, specif