| Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
six histories of language & identity in the age of revolutions |
| Author: |
CassedyTim, 1981- |
| Place of Publication: |
Iowa City |
| Published: |
University of Iowa Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2018 |
| Description: |
xii, 307 p.ill. : 24 cm.; |
| Series: |
Impressions |
| Subject: |
English language - Social aspects - |
| Subject: |
English language - Social aspects - Foreign countries - |
| Subject: |
English language - Variation - |
| Subject: |
Language and culture - History - 19th century - |
| Summary: |
"This study examines the role that language played at the turn of the nineteenth century as an immediate identifier of nationality. During this time of revolution (U.S., French, and Haitian), language served as a key identifier to quickly and conveniently categorize people within a globalizing world dominated by British and French empires. Linguistic differences, especially among English-speakers, seemed to validate the emerging national, racial, local, and regional identity categories that took shape in the wake of this new world order"--Provided by publisher |
| ISBN: |
978-1-60938-612-2pbk. |
| ISBN: |
1-60938-612-4pbk. |
| Content Note: |
Language makes the difference between man and man Linguistic salves for political wounds The united language of English : linguistic separatism and unionism in the revolutionary Atlantic The abecedarian clock : recording speech before recorded sound How to read the world : pantographia, print specimens, and linguistic identity Mary Willcocks's Caraboo tongue Language makes the [hifence] between now and then |