{"product_id":"esperanto-and-its-rivals-roberto-garvia-9780812247107","title":"Esperanto and Its Rivals: The Struggle for an International Language","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe problems of international communication and linguistic rights are recurring debates in the present-day age of globalization. But the debate truly began over a hundred years ago, when the increasingly interconnected world of the nineteenth century fostered a desire for the development of a global lingua franca. Many individuals and social movements competed to create an artificial language unencumbered by the political rivalries that accompanied English, German, and French. Organizations including the American Philosophical Society, the International Association of Academies, the International Peace Bureau, the Comintern, and the League of Nations intervened in the debate about the possibility of an artificial language, but of the numerous tongues created before World War II, only Esperanto survives today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsperanto and Its Rivals\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the factors that led almost all artificial languages to fail and helped English to prevail as the global tongue of the twenty-first century. Exploring the social and political contexts of the three most prominent artificial languages--Volap?, Esperanto, and Ido--Roberto Garv僘 examines the roles played by social movement leaders and inventors, the strategies different organizations used to lobby for each language, and other early decisions that shaped how those languages spread and evolved. Through the rise and fall of these artificial languages, \u003ci\u003eEsperanto and Its Rivals\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the intellectual dilemmas and political anxieties that troubled the globalizing world at the turn of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Garvia, Roberto Garv僘\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812247108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812247107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2015 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015","brand":"Roberto Garvia","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120293671167,"sku":"9780812247107","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43611f18-82e1-4ef2-b0f6-2ec57692d4bd.jpg?v=1687413556","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/esperanto-and-its-rivals-roberto-garvia-9780812247107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}