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Multilingualism
Routledge 1994; US$ 73.00By looking at the effect of language difference, Edwards examines the interaction of language with nationalism, politics, history, identity and education. This book unpicks this complexity and creates a multidisciplinary overview. more...
Telecosmos
Wiley 2004; US$ 37.95Although telecom companies are battling for survival, technology is moving forward. In research laboratories around the world, powerful new technologies are being developed that will shape tomorrow's communications world. Telecosmos will look at the many different telecom concepts that will be adopted by both consumers and businesses in the years ahead. more...
When Race Counts
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 59.95When Race Counts investigates the use of race-conscious practices in social policy in Britain and America. It questions the distinction between affirmative action and preferential treatment, and evaluates the effectiveness of a range of education and employment policies designed to counteract both unintended and direct discrimination against ethnic... more...
The Geeks of War
AMACOM 2005; US$ 24.00A look inside the shadowy world of emerging war technology. more...
Language and Identity
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 34.00Outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups and the language varieties important to each group. more...
Language Diversity in the Classroom
Channel View Publications 2009; US$ 49.95Provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. This work presents an analysis of the sources and implications of social disadvantage, since the nonstandard dialects that children bring with them to school - and the unfavourable perceptions of these dialects - have traditionally given rise to educational difficulties. more...
Minority Languages and Group Identity
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2010; US$ 149.00The central concern in this book is the relationship between language and group identity, a relationship that is thrown into greatest relief in ?minority? settings. Since much of the current interest in minority languages revolves around issues of identity politics, language rights and the plight of ?endangered? languages, one aim of the book is to... more...
Language in Canada
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 57.00This book provides an up-to-date account of the linguistic situation in Canada. more...
Challenges in the Social Life of Language
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00The first book to highlight the most pressing sociology-of-language themes of our times. All of which have to do with the twin issues of power and identity . Important evidence and illustrations bearing upon these matters are provided and supplemented by an extensive bibliography. more...
Curtin's Gift
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 31.81A fresh and thoughtful look at one of Australia's greatest prime ministers, John Curtin. more...









