Description
"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.
Author: Rosina Lozano
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 04/24/2018
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780520297074
ISBN10: 0520297075
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Foreign Language Study | Spanish
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.
Author: Rosina Lozano
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 04/24/2018
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780520297074
ISBN10: 0520297075
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Foreign Language Study | Spanish
About the Author
Rosina Lozano is Associate Professor of History at Princeton University.