- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Summary
- Updated in this revised edition to include major recent events, new data, and new research, The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico analyzes the controversial language policies passed by the Puerto Rican government in the 1990s, exploring the connections between language and cultural identity and politics on the Caribbean island.
- Uniform Title
- Politics of language in Puerto Rico revisited (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Politics of language in Puerto Rico revisited (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Culture, identity, and policy -- Spanish and Puertorriqueñidad -- The power of English -- The politics of status -- Reviving the language debate -- The Official Language Act of 1991 -- Rational politics -- Culture, policy, and nested games -- Congress and conflicting notions of American identity -- Restoring official bilingualism -- Creating a bilingual citizenry -- Washington passively torpedoing statehood -- Looking forward.
- ISBN
- 9781683401148
- 9781683401131 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019020624
- OCLC
- ssj0002262155
- Author
Barreto, Amílcar Antonio.
- Title
The politics of language in Puerto Rico revisited [electronic resource] / Amílcar Antonio Barreto.
- Imprint
Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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- Other Form:
Print version: Barreto, Amílcar Antonio, author. Politics of language in Puerto Rico revisited Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020] 9781683401131 (DLC) 2019015547