A harmony of the spirits : translation and the language of community in early Pennsylvania /

A harmony of the spirits : translation and the language of community in early Pennsylvania / Patrick M. Erben.

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In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. This book challenges the long-standing historical myth - first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin - that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. It deftly...

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Main Author: Erben, Patrick M. (Patrick Michael)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Language and languages > Variation.
Language and culture > United States.
Language and culture.
Language and languages.
Pennsylvania > History.
Pennsylvania > Languages.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.

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Call Number: P120.V37 E73 2012eb
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