01623nam a2200229Ia 4500 CTU_186344 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 101.6 303.48 B273 Barreto, Amílcar Antonio. Language, elites, and the state : Nationalism in Puerto Rico and Quebec Amílcar A. Barreto Westport, Conn. Praeger 1998 A common premise in ethnic conflict studies is that nationalism is caused by cultural traits, such as language or religion, or is a result of a region's subservient economic role vis-à-vis the country's core. However, Barreto contends that Puerto Rican and Québécois elites turned to nationalism in reaction to their social marginalization and economic suppression. Anglophone elites in the U.S. and Canada established a hegemonic order making English a requirement for social and economic ascendancy. Shunned by the country's dominant group on account of their language, elites in Puerto Rico and Quebec took up the banner of nationalism attempting to establish a counter-hegemonic order. Thus, nationalism, Barreto contends, is an unanticipated reaction to the exclusionary attitudes and policies of one group against another. This analysis is important to political scientists, social scientists, and researchers involved with nationalism, ethnic conflict, and Puerto Rican and Canadian studies. Nationalism,Dân tộc History Trúc Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ