Esperanto and Its Rivals

Introduction Chapter 1. The Emergence of Linguistic Conscience PART I. VOLAPUKÜK Chapter 2. A Language in Search of a Problem Chapter 3. Who Were the Volapükists? Chapter 4. "Pandemonium in the Tower of Babel": The Language Critics Chapter 5. "Strangled in the House of Its Friends": Volapük's Demise Chapter 6. "My Troubled Child": The Artist and the Kulturkampf PART II. ESPERANTO Chapter 7. "The Purpose of My Whole Life": Zamenhof and Esperanto Chapter 8. "Let Us Work and Have Hope!": Language and Democracy Chapter 9. "The Menacing Thunderstorm of Reforms": First Esperantists and First Crises Chapter 10. The French Resurgence Chapter 11. "Bringing Together the Whole Human Race": Esperanto's Inner Idea PART III. THE ESPERANTO CLUSTER: SAME LANGUGE, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES Chapter 12. The Demographics of Esperantujo Chapter 13. Pacifists, Taylorists, and Feminists Chapter 14. "Hidden-World Seekers": Esperanto in New Wave and Old Religions Chapter 15. Freethinkers, Socialists, and Herderians PART IV. IDO AND ITS SATELLITES Chapter 16. "One Ideal International Language": Ido Chapter 17. "Linguistic Cannibalism" Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments