Babel of the Atlantic

A collection of essays examining colonial Philadelphia and its surroundings as a zone of cultural and linguistic interchange. Documents everyday multilingualism and intercultural negotiations with special attention to themes of religion, education, race and the abolitionist movement, and material culture and architecture.

About the author

Bethany Wiggin is Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania and Founding Director of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.

Summary

A collection of essays examining colonial Philadelphia and its surroundings as a zone of cultural and linguistic interchange. Documents everyday multilingualism and intercultural negotiations with special attention to themes of religion, education, race and the abolitionist movement, and material culture and architecture.

Product details

• Authors: Bethany Wiggin
• Assisted by: Bethany Wiggin (Editor), Bethany (Associate Professor Wiggin (Editor), Wiggin Bethany (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.05.2021
• EAN: 9780271083247
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08324-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Max Kade Research Institute
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, American History, Pennsylvania, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Sociolinguistics, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General