@article{1481576,
      recid = {1481576},
      author = {Salomone, Rosemary C.,},
      title = {True American : Language, Identity, and the Education of  Immigrant Children /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {True American is a look at the history and current  politics of languages - English and the many native  languages of immigrants - as they play out in schools,  historically a central force for assimilation and  Americanization. While she does discuss the history of and  debates over bilingual education programs, her focus is an  analysis of the passionate support for an English-only  America. She uses the myths about the assimilation of  previous immigrant groups and the debates over how best to  educate children of the "new immigrants" as a window for  exploring what it means to be a "true American" in an age  of globalization and transnationalism.Underlying her  discussion of these various debates is Salomone's call for  a more inclusive sense of the "we" that demands respect for  linguistic and cultural differences, rather than mere  toleration. She argues that we can politically equal and  culturally compatible without being culturally identical or  monolingual.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1481576},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674056831},
}