<P>Table of Contents<BR><BR>List of figures<BR><BR>List of tables<BR><BR>Contributors<BR><BR>Acknowledgments<BR><BR>Disclaimer<BR><BR>Introduction -- Irene Theodoropoulou and Johanna Tovar<BR><BR>Part I: Nationalism and country branding<BR><BR>Nationalism and politics<BR><BR>Chapter 1: Enregistering the nation: Bolsonaro's populist branding of Brazil -- Daniel N....</p>

This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have been unable to explain why during this period almost all industrial innovation was confined to small areas around the main cultural centers of three...

In an era of globalization, issues of language diversity have economic and political implications. Transnational labor mobility, trade, social inclusion of migrants, democracy in multilingual countries, and companies’ international competitiveness all have a linguistic dimension; yet...