From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow : how maps name, claim, and inflame /

Brassiere Hills, Alaska. Mollys Nipple, Utah. Outhouse Draw, Nevada. In the early twentieth century, it was common for towns and geographical features to have salacious, bawdy, and even derogatory names. In the age before political correctness, mapmakers readily accepted any local preference for pla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Monmonier, Mark S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Names, Geographical > United States > Etymology.
Names, Geographical > Etymology.
Toponymy.
English language > Etymology > Names.
English language > Obscene words.
Obscene words.
Noms géographiques > États-Unis > Étymologie.
Noms géographiques > Étymologie.
Toponymie.
Anglais (Langue) > Étymologie > Noms.
Anglais (Langue) > Mots obscènes.
Mots obscènes.
toponymy.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Reference.
TRAVEL > Road Travel.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Adventure.
English language > Etymology > Names
English language > Obscene words
Names, Geographical > Etymology
Toponymy
Obscene words
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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