Contemporary British identity : English language, migrants, and public discourse

• Main Author: Julios, Christina (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Aldershot ; Burlington : Ashgate, c2008
• Series: Studies in migration and diaspora
• Subjects: národní identita > Velká Británie; multikulturalismus; imigranti > Velká Británie; integrace imigrantů > Velká Británie; etnolingvistika; sociolingvistika; Velká Británie > dějiny > 20. století
• ISBN: 9780754671589; 0-7546-7158-5
• Physical Description: viii, 198 s. ; 24 cm

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• English language colonisation, de-colonisation, and globalisation
• Ethnic linguistic minorities
• 1900s-1950s: a discourse of laissez-faire, preserving the status quo
• 1960s-1980s: a discourse of multiculturalism, living with difference
• 1990s-2000s: a discourse of integration, sharing common values
• Contemporary British identity, over a hundred years in the making