Language and politics in the United States and Canada :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
myths and realities /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Thomas Ricento, Barbara Burnaby
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Mahwah, N.J. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
L. Erlbaum,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 357 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : respecting the citizens : reflections on language policy in Canada and the United States / Colin H. Williams -- The politics of language in Canada and the United States : explaining the differences / Ronald Schmidt, Sr. -- Demographic considerations in Canadian language policy / Roderic Beaujot -- National language policy in the United States / Thomas Ricento -- Life on the edge : Canada's aboriginal languages under official bilingualism / Mark Fettes -- Endangered native American languages : what is to be done, and why? / James Crawford -- Legal implications of the official English declaration / Susan Miner -- Language rights theory in Canadian perspective / Joseph Eliot Magnet -- The imposition of World War I era English-only policies and the fate of German in North America / Terrence G. Wiley -- ESL policy in Canada and the United States : basis for comparison / Barbara Burnaby -- French-language services in Ontario : a policy of "overly prudent gradualism"? / Don Cartwright -- Quebec, Canada, and the United States : social reality and language rights / Calvin Veltman -- Partitioning by language : whose rights are threatened? / Thomas Ricento -- Conclusion : myths and realities / Barbara Burnaby and Thomas Ricento