Bibliograph

An American language, the history of Spanish in the United States, Rosina Lozano

Type

Label

An American language, the history of Spanish in the United States, Rosina Lozano

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-353) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An American language

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1005690403

Responsibility statement

Rosina Lozano

Series statement

American crossroads, 49

Sub title

the history of Spanish in the United States

Summary

"An American Language is a tour de force that revolutionizes our understanding of U.S. history. It reveals the origins of Spanish as a language binding residents of the Southwest to the politics and culture of an expanding nation in the 1840s. As the West increasingly integrated into the United States over the following century, struggles over power, identity, and citizenship transformed the place of the Spanish language in the nation. An American Language is a history that reimagines what it means to be an American--with profound implications for our own time"--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part one. A language of politics, 1848-1902. United by land ; Translation, a measure of power ; Choosing language ; A language of citizenship ; The United States sees language -- Part two. A political language, 1902-1945. A language of identity ; The limits of Americanization ; Strategic pan-Americanism ; The federal government rediscovers Spanish ; Competing nationalisms : Puerto Rico and New Mexico -- Epilogue

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