An American language : the history of Spanish in the United States /
An American Language is a tour de force that revolutionizes our understanding of American 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 S...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | American crossroads ;
49. |
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| Summary: | An American Language is a tour de force that revolutionizes our understanding of American 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 States over the following century, struggles over power, identity and citizenship transformed the place of the Spanish language in the nation. An American Language is a history that reimagines what it means to be an American, with profound implications for our own time. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520297067 0520297067 9780520297074 0520297075 |