
Title:
Language Rights and the Law in the United States : Finding our Voices
Author:
Del Valle, Sandra, author.
ISBN:
9781853596445
Physical Description:
1 online resource (376 p.)
Series:
Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A History of Language Rights: Between Tolerance and Hostility -- Chapter 2. Nativism and Language Restrictions: Echoes of the Past at the End of the Twentieth Century -- Chapter 3. Fulfilling the Promise of Citizenship: English Literacy, Naturalization, and Voting Rights -- Chapter 4. Language Rights in the Workplace: Negotiating Boundaries Within Close Spaces -- Chapter 5. Language Rights in Litigation: Making the Case for Greater Protections in Criminal and Civil Proceedings -- Chapter 6. Bilingual Education: Learning and Politics in the Classroom -- Chapter 7. Native American Education: The US Implements an English- Only Policy -- Chapter 8. Due Process and Governmental Benefits: When English-Only is Enough -- Chapter 9. Commerce and Language Minorities: Remaking Old Laws for New Consumers -- Chapter 10. The Place of International Law in Promoting Linguistic Human Rights Within the United States -- Appendix: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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