Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. Illustrations xiv
5. ABBREVIATIONS xvi
6. I. THE PROBLEM OF LANGUAGE 1
7. 2. THE LIBERATION OF NORWEGIAN 27
8. 3. PLANNING FOR UNITY 1907-1919 62
9. 4. LANGUAGE AND POLITICS 1920-1945 103
10. 5. RECONSTRUCTION AND REGULATION: THE LANGUAGE COMMISSION 1946-1951 163
11. 6. DECADE OF DISCUSSION: THE TEXTBOOK NORM 1952-1962 206
12. 7. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVE 276
13. APPENDIX 1. STATISTICS ON LANGUAGE USE AND PREFERENCE 309
14. APPENDIX 2. ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORTHOGRAPHIC CHANGES BETWEEN 1900 AND 1962 316
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 325
16. NOTES 355
17. INDEX 383