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An American language : the history of Spanish in the United States /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lozano, Rosina, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Colección:American crossroads ; 49.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • United by land
  • Translation, a measure of power
  • Choosing language
  • A language of citizenship
  • The United States sees language
  • A language of identity
  • The limits of Americanization
  • Strategic pan-Americanism
  • The federal government rediscovers Spanish
  • Competing nationalisms : New Mexico and Puerto Rico.