| Record ID | marc_records_scriblio_net/part26.dat:133132087:1372 |
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001 97025499
003 DLC
005 20050211215409.0
008 970612s1997 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 97025499
020 $a1568361742
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aG104.5$b.N45 1997
082 00 $a910/.3$221
100 1 $aNelson, Derek,$d1950-
245 10 $aOff the map :$bthe curious histories of place-names /$cDerek Nelson.
260 $aNew York :$bKodansha International,$c1997.
300 $avii, 200 p. :$bill., maps ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1 WELCOME TO TERRA INCOGNITA 3 -- 2 WHEN ETHNIC, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL BOUNDARIES DON'T ALIGN 19 -- 3 THE WAR BETWEEN DISTORTION AND ACCURACY -- "The Ants Along the Niger Were as Big as Mastiffs" 35 -- 4 WHY SOME NAMES SEEM TO MISS THE TARGET 69 -- 5 US VERSUS THEM -- Place-Names Become Pejorative 85 -- 6 THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER -- Names as Claims 99 -- 7 WHEN LANGUAGES COLLIDE 117 -- 8 MULTIPLE NAMES MEAN CONFUSION -- AND CONTENTION 137 -- 9 PRIMAL NAMES -- The Pictorial Globe 155 -- 10 TOPONYMY TURNS TREACHEROUS -- The Tangled Roots of Place-Names 171 -- 11 A TOUCH OF SERENDIPITY 183.
650 0 $aNames, Geographical.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/97025499.html