LEADER 03262nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910455505403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4399-0609-2 010 $a0-585-38276-X 035 $a(CKB)111004365794624 035 $a(EBL)547479 035 $a(OCoLC)780605512 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000189093 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181843 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189093 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10155912 035 $a(PQKB)10326368 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547479 035 $a(OCoLC)49414669 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15695 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547479 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10397344 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL514603 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004365794624 100 $a19991214d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLanguage policy and identity politics in the United States$b[electronic resource] /$fRonald Schmidt 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 1 $aMapping racisms 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56639-754-5 311 $a1-56639-755-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a7. 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 330 $aWell over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. Critics of immigration and multiculturalism argue that recent government language policies such as bilingual education, non-English election materials, and social service and workplace ""language rights"" threaten the national character of the United States. Proponents of bilingualism, on the other hand, maintain that, far from being a threat, these language policies and programs provide an opportunity to right old wr 410 0$aMapping racisms. 606 $aLanguage policy$zUnited States 606 $aAmericanization 606 $aCultural pluralism$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLanguage policy 615 0$aAmericanization. 615 0$aCultural pluralism 676 $a306.44/973 700 $aSchmidt$b Ronald$f1943-$0626598 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455505403321 996 $aLanguage policy and identity politics in the United States$91215969 997 $aUNINA