An American Language - The History of Spanish in the United States

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-520-29706-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 49, 376 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Reihe: American Crossroads

"This is the most comprehensive book I’ve ever read about the use of Spanish in the U.S. Incredible research. Read it to understand our country. Spanish is, indeed, an American language."—Jorge Ramos

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 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lozano, Rosina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations viii
Introduction 1

PART ONE. A Language of Politics, 1848–1902 19
1. United by Land 21
2. Translation, a Measure of Power 38
3. Choosing Language 67
4. A Language of Citizenship 89
5. The United States Sees Language 111

PART TWO. A Political Language, 1902–1945 135
6. A Language of Identity 137
7. The Limits of Americanization 167
8. Strategic Pan-Americanism 191
9. The Federal Government Rediscovers Spanish 211
10. Competing Nationalisms: New Mexico and Puerto Rico 232

Epilogue 253
Acknowledgments 267
Abbreviations 271
Notes 273
Select Bibliography 333

Über Autor(innen)

Rosina Lozano is Associate Professor of History at Princeton University.