At War With Diversity U.S. Language Pol »

James Crawford is a writer, lecturer, and consultant specializing in language education. His works include Hold Your Tongue: Bilingualism and the Politics of "English Only"; Bilingual Education: History, Politics, Theory, and Practice; Best Evidence: Research Foundations of the Bilingual Education Act; and Language Loyalties: A Source Book on the Official English Controversy. Previously he served as Washington editor of Education Week.

Bilingualism is a reality that many Americans still find difficult to accept; hence the prominence of English-only activism in U.S. politics. This collection of essays analyzes the sources of the anti-bilingual movement, its changing directions, and its impact on education policy. The book also explores efforts to resist the English-only trend, including projects to revitalize Native American languages.

KEY SELLING POINTS Offers a direct and analytical approach to the problems of US language policy
Provides an historical perspective to explain what is at stake
Articles were written at different times, from different vantage points

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
James Crawford is a writer, lecturer, and consultant specializing in language education. His works include Hold Your Tongue: Bilingualism and the Politics of "English Only"; Bilingual Education: History, Politics, Theory, and Practice; Best Evidence: Research Foundations of the Bilingual Education Act; and Language Loyalties: A Source Book on the Official English Controversy. Previously he served as Washington editor of Education Week.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
	Anatomy of the English-only Movement	4
	Boom to Bust: Official English in the 1990s	31
	Endangered Native American Languages: What Is To Be done, and Why?	52
	Seven Hypotheses on Language Loss	66
	The Political Paradox of Bilingual Education	84
	The Proposition 227 Campaign: A Post Mortem	104
	References	128
	Index	138