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Nativism reborn? : the official English language movement and the American states

Summary: In July 1992 Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) angrily suggested during floor debate ... that the United States should not continue accepting immigrants mho speak no English. ""I pick up the telephone and call the local garage, "" Byrd said. ""I can't understand the person on the other side of the line. I'm not sure he can understand me. They're all over the place, and they don't speak English. We want more of this?"" Later he apologized for the remark, saying, ""I regret that in the heat of the moment I spoke unwisely.""Is America in the midst of another backlash against foreigners? In the wide-ran.

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ISBN: 0813156599
ISBN: 9780813156590
Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 pages)
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Publisher: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	8 State Legislative Processes and Official EnglishTHE CASE OF GEORGIA; PREDICTING LEGISLATIVE BEHAVIOR; Conclusion: Rational Arguments, Irrational Fears: Is the Official English Campaign Benign or Malevolent?; IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS, NOT ECONOMICS; ELITES, NOT MASSES; STAGE 1; STAGE 2; NATIVISM REBORN, NOT REVISITED; STAGE 3; Appendixes; Official Endorsers of English Plus Information Clearinghouse; State Official English Language Laws; Statistical Tables Showing Multile and Logistical Regression Models; Notes; Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.