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Fishman, Joshua A : IDEOLOGY, SOCIETY & LANGUAGE: THE ODYSSEY OF NATHAN BIRNBAUM [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR]

Karoma Publishers, Inc, Ann Arbor, 1987

1st edition, original cloth with dust jacket, 8vo. XVI+ 284pages. Original illustrated dust-jacket over cream cloth with black lettering on spine. Half-title page inscribed and signed (in Hebrew) by Joshua A. Fishman. Illustrated title page. Via a dovetailing of the social sciences, Jewish studies and sociolinguistics, this remarkable work attempts to understand the startingly contrasted ideologies of Nathan Birnbaum, an individual language activist and advocate, in each of the three dramatically different periods of his life and with explicit reference to the social and cultural factors that prevailed in each period. It seeks to discern the degree of centrality that language actually occupied in his thinking and in his leadership efforts during each of these periods. Very minor and sporadic soiling on dust-jacket. DJ in overall good+ to very good, binding and interior in very good condition, previous owners name on front end page, highlighting throughout book, else Good Condition. (AC-6-12)

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