ISBN:
9781853596445
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (371 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Bilingual Education & Bilingualism Series v.No 40
Series Statement:
Ebrary online
Series Statement:
EBL-Schweitzer
Series Statement:
Bilingual education and bilingualism
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Del Valle, Sandra, 1963 - Language rights and the law in the United States
DDC:
306.44973
Keywords:
Language policy-- United States
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Sprachpolitik
Abstract:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 A History of Language Rights: Between Tolerance and Hostility; Chapter 2 Nativism and Language Restrictions: Echoes of the Past at the End of the Twentieth Century; Chapter 3 Fulfilling the Promise of Citizenship: English Literacy, Naturalization, and Voting Rights; Chapter 4 Language Rights in the Workplace: Negotiating Boundaries Within Close Spaces; Chapter 5 Language Rights in Litigation: Making the Case for Greater Protections in Criminal and Civil Proceedings; Chapter 6 Bilingual Education: Learning and Politics in the Classroom
Abstract:
Chapter 7 Native American Education: The US Implements an English- Only PolicyChapter 8 Due Process and Governmental Benefits: When English-Only is Enough; Chapter 9 Commerce and Language Minorities: Remaking Old Laws for New Consumers; Chapter 10 The Place of International Law in Promoting Linguistic Human Rights Within the United States; Appendix Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Abstract:
A review of the legal status of minority languages in the USA. All the major cases in the USA concerning language rights are discussed in detail and in a manner that should be accessible to the non-legal reader. The topics range from the English-only movement to consumer law
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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