True American : : Language, Identity, and the Education of Immigrant Children /

True American : : Language, Identity, and the Education of Immigrant Children / / Rosemary C. Salomone.

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True American is a look at the history and current politics of languages - English and the many native languages of immigrants - as they play out in schools, historically a central force for assimilation and Americanization. While she does discuss the history of and debates over bilingual education...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Salomone, Rosemary C.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • The Symbolic and the Salient
  • Americanization Past
  • The New Immigrants
  • Language, Identity, and Belonging
  • Rights, Ambivalence, and Ambiguities
  • Backlash
  • More Wrongs than Rights
  • Setting the Record Straight
  • Looking Both Ways
  • A Meaningful Education
  • Notes / Index
  • Notes
  • Index

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