03262nam 2200661 a 450 991045550540332120200520144314.01-4399-0609-20-585-38276-X(CKB)111004365794624(EBL)547479(OCoLC)780605512(SSID)ssj0000189093(PQKBManifestationID)11181843(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189093(PQKBWorkID)10155912(PQKB)10326368(MiAaPQ)EBC547479(OCoLC)49414669(MdBmJHUP)muse15695(Au-PeEL)EBL547479(CaPaEBR)ebr10397344(CaONFJC)MIL514603(EXLCZ)9911100436579462419991214d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage policy and identity politics in the United States[electronic resource] /Ronald SchmidtPhiladelphia Temple University Press20001 online resource (297 p.)Mapping racismsDescription based upon print version of record.1-56639-754-5 1-56639-755-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.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 Reform7. Flaws at Every Turn: A Critique of Assimilationist, Pluralist, and Confederationist Alternatives8. Pluralistic Integration: Toward Greater Justice and a More Common Good; Notes; References; IndexWell 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 wrMapping racisms.Language policyUnited StatesAmericanizationCultural pluralismUnited StatesElectronic books.Language policyAmericanization.Cultural pluralism306.44/973Schmidt Ronald1943-626598MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455505403321Language policy and identity politics in the United States1215969UNINA