{"product_id":"esperanto-and-its-rivals-9780812247107","title":"Esperanto and Its Rivals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoberto Garvia explores the history of artificial spoken or written languages and the people who fought for them. Taking the three most prominent-Volapuk, Esperanto, and Ido-Garvia investigates what drove so many to invest incredible energy and time to learn and promote them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Roberto Garvía has written an original narrative crammed with fascinating detail about the experiment in Esperanto as well as other less well remembered ideas. This marvelous book will appeal to all curious historians and linguists.\" * Cathie Carmichael, University of East Anglia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Emergence of Linguistic Conscience\u003cbr\u003e PART I. VOLAPUKÜK\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. A Language in Search of a Problem\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Who Were the Volapükists?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. \"Pandemonium in the Tower of Babel\": The Language Critics\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. \"Strangled in the House of Its Friends\": Volapük's Demise\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. \"My Troubled Child\": The Artist and the Kulturkampf\u003cbr\u003e PART II. ESPERANTO\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. \"The Purpose of My Whole Life\": Zamenhof and Esperanto\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. \"Let Us Work and Have Hope!\": Language and Democracy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. \"The Menacing Thunderstorm of Reforms\": First Esperantists and First Crises\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. The French Resurgence\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. \"Bringing Together the Whole Human Race\": Esperanto's Inner Idea\u003cbr\u003e PART III. THE ESPERANTO CLUSTER: SAME LANGUGE, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. The Demographics of \u003ci\u003eEsperantujo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. Pacifists, Taylorists, and Feminists\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. \"Hidden-World Seekers\": Esperanto in New Wave and Old Religions\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. Freethinkers, Socialists, and Herderians\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. IDO AND ITS SATELLITES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16. \"One Ideal International Language\": Ido\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17. \"Linguistic Cannibalism\"\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865980318039,"sku":"9780812247107","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812247107.jpg?v=1722276482","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/esperanto-and-its-rivals-9780812247107","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}