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From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow : how maps name, claim, and inflame (2006)

Monmonier, Mark S. 1943-

Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] : Univ. of Chicago Press

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Format: XIV, 215 S. , Ill.,Kt. , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780226534657 , 0226534650

Note: Naming and mapping -- The quest for a national gazetteer -- Purging pejoratives -- Body parts and risqué toponyms -- Going native -- Your toponym or mine? -- Erasures -- Inscriptions -- Epilogue : naming rites. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-199) , Naming and mapping -- The quest for a national gazetteer -- Purging pejoratives -- Body parts and risqué toponyms -- Going native -- Your toponym or mine? -- Erasures -- Inscriptions -- Epilogue : naming rites

Language: English

Subjects: Geography

RVK:

RU 10546

Keywords: USA ; Diskriminierung ; Etymologie ; Geografischer Name ; USA ; Geografischer Name ; Obszönität ; Schimpfwort ; Pejorativ ; Karte

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2005014683-b.html

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2005014683-d.html

Author information: Monmonier, Mark S. 1943-