This book is an outstanding contribution to the literature on language policy, languageplanning, and language rights. It provides a fascinating comparative treatment of developmentsrelated to issues of language and politics in the United States and Canada. Divided into fivesections, the book includes chapters that present broad overviews of the demographic and policysituations in the two nations, chapters on indigenous languages in North America, chapters onthe legal implications of official language policies, chapters on educational issues related tolanguage policies, and finally, chapters addressing issues of language services and languagerights.