{"product_id":"figures-of-speech-tim-cassedy-9781609386122","title":"Figures of Speech: Six Histories of Language and Identity in the Age of Revolutions","description":"\u003cp\u003eTim Cassedy's fascinating study examines the role that language played at the turn of the nineteenth century as a marker of one's identity. During this time of revolution (U.S., French, and Haitian) and globalization, language served as a way to categorize people within a world that appeared more diverse than ever. Linguistic differences, especially among English-speakers, seemed to validate the emerging national, racial, local, and regional identity categories that took shape in this new world order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on six eccentric characters of the time--from the woman known as \"Princess Caraboo\" to wordsmith Noah Webster--Cassedy shows how each put language at the center of their identities and lived out the possibilities of their era's linguistic ideas. The result is a highly entertaining and equally informative look at how perceptions about who spoke what language--and how they spoke it--determined the shape of communities in the British American colonies and beyond. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engagingly written story is sure to appeal to historians of literature, culture, and communication; to linguists and book historians; and to general readers interested in how ideas about English developed in the early United States and throughout the English-speaking world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Cassedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609386124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609386122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019","brand":"Tim Cassedy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984583885055,"sku":"9781609386122","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e91ddfe5-eff6-48d5-8c8f-2d07b719a5d6.jpg?v=1683273096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/figures-of-speech-tim-cassedy-9781609386122","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}