I-VI -- Contents -- GENERAL BACKGROUND ISSUES -- Introduction: Some empirical and theoretical issues -- The international role of English: The state of the discussion -- The ongoing spread of English: A comparative analysis of former Anglo-American colonies with non-colonies -- THE AMERICAN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE -- English in Cuba: From the imperial design to the imperative need -- The position of English in Mexico: 1940-1993 -- Post-imperial English in the Philippines -- English under U.S. sovereignty: Ninety-five years of change of the status of English in Puerto Rico -- The English language in Quebec 1940-1990 -- THE EUROPEAN UNION -- The European Union (EU - formerly European Community): Status change of English during the last fifty years -- THE BRITISH SPHERE OF INFLUENCE -- A tale of two Englishes: The imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda -- English in South Africa 1940-1996 -- English in Sudan -- Post-imperial English in Nigeria 1940-1990 -- The swinging pendulum: English in Tanzania 1940-1990 -- The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon -- Fifty years of English in Singapore: All gains, (a) few losses? -- The status of English in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from 1940-1990 -- The post-imperial status of English in Sri Lanka 1940-1990: From first to second language -- Post-imperial English in Malaysia -- English in Israel after independence -- The spread of English in India: Politics of language conflict and language power -- English in Papua New Guinea -- CONCLUSIONS -- Summary and interpretation: Post-imperial English 1940-1990 -- Subject index