| Descript |
ix, 237 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Language policy ; v. 3 |
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Language policy (Monographic series) ; v. 3.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index. |
| Contents |
Organization of the Soviet State -- The Linguistic Map of the Soviet Union -- Ethnic Composition of the USSR -- Analyzing the Soviet Union -- An Overview of Soviet Language Policy -- The Early Soviet Years -- Constructing Nationalities -- The Nationalities Question -- The Literacy Campaign -- Language Policy under Stalin, 1930-1950 -- Language Policy after World War II -- Brezhnev and the 1970's -- Language and Education -- Perestroika -- The Slavic Republics and Moldova -- The Russian Soviet Federate Socialist Republic -- The Ukrainian SSR -- The Belorussian SSR -- The Moldavian SSR -- The Backlash of Reform -- The Baltic States -- The Estonian SSR -- The Latvian SSR -- The Lithuanian SSR -- Reform and Revolt -- The Caucasus -- Overview of the Caucasus -- The Georgian SSR -- The Armenian SSR -- The Azerbaijan SSR -- The North Caucasus -- Summary View of the Caucasus -- Central Asia -- Turkestan -- The Uzbek SSR -- Central Asia Prior to World War II -- Central Asia after Stalin -- Language Reform -- The North -- Languages of the North -- The Literacy Campaign in the North -- "Small" Languages of the North -- Language Development -- The "Large" Minorities -- Language Endangerment -- The Impact of Soviet Language Policy -- Language Shift -- Shifting Demographics -- The New "Nativization" Movements -- Map of the Soviet Union, 1980. |
| Subject |
Language policy -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Languages.
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| ISBN |
9781402012983 (alk. paper) |
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1402012985 (alk. paper) |
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