Language, Education and Nation-Building: Assimilation and Shift in Southeast Asia

By Peter G. Sercombe, Vanithamani Saravanan, Maya Khemlani David

This volume tracks the complex relationships between language, education and nation-building in Southeast Asia, focusing on how language policies have been used by states and governments as instruments of control, assimilation and empowerment. Leading scholars have contributed chapters each representing one of the countries in the region.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403997462
• ISBN13: 9781403997463
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"