Hold Your Tongue: Bilingualism and the Politics of English Only

This book blew my socks off. James Crawford is the best known authority on multilingualism in the U.S. The book gives a true and fair depiction of multicultural commuinties around the country, both before and after paranoid nativist bigots get English Only and similar measures passed, making obvious how un-American and disastrous they are. Every American should read this book. The more-patriotic-than-thou types are threatening to destroy the real essence of our country. Crawford gives a clear idea of some of what we will lose if they win.