Nativism reborn? : the official English language movement and the American states / Raymond Tatalovich.

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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Language Policy as Moral Conflict; NON-ECONOMIC ISSUES; STATUS CONFLICT; NATIVISM; SOCIAL REGULATION; U.S. ENGLISH; EPIC; ATTACK ON BILINGUALISM; 1 Scope of Study, Methods, and Approach; SCOPE OF STUDY; METHODOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; LINE OF ARGUMENT; 2 Wartime Hysteria: The Nebraska Episode; NEBRASKA; 1919 ENGLISH LAWS; THE CONVENTION DEBATE; 1921 ENGLISH LAWS; LITIGATION POLITICS; 3 Antecedents of Nativism: The 1920s and 1980s; NATIVISM; ILLINOIS; FEDERAL LANGUAGE BILL.

NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT OF 1924THE BEGG AMENDMENT; NATIVIST SENTIMENT; VOTING ON THE BEGG AMENDMENT; PARALLELS IN TIME; 4 Referendum Politics: The Beginnings of Agitation in Floridaand California; FLORIDA; Beginnings of Conflict; Legislative Inaction; Florida English Campaign; Countermobilization; Federal intervention; What Policy Impact?; CALIFORNIA; The Bilingual Ballots Issue; Proposition 38; Local Skirmishes; Proposition 63; Aftermath; FIRST LESSONS; 5 Arizona, Colorado and Texas: The Agitation for Official English Spreads; ARIZONA; Arizonans for Official English; Arizona English.

The Tanton MemoA Narrow Win; Repeal Efforts; COLORADO; Colorado Official English Committee; Opposition Forces; Charges and Countercharges; The Majority Speaks; TEXAS; CONCLUSIONS; 6 Majority Opinion and the Official English Controversy; EXISTING RESEARCH; NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ALABAMA; REFERENDA VOTING; THE EIGHT-VARIABLE MODEL; FOUR-VARIABLE MODELS; SUMMARY; 7 Legislative Intent : Why States Passed Official English Laws ; VIRGINIA; INDIANA; TENNESSEE; KENTUCKY; ARKANSAS; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; NORTH DAKOTA; PATTERNS OF LAWMAKING.

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.

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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