An edition of Off the map
(1997)
Off the map
the curious histories of place-names
by Nelson, Derek
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Off the map: the curious histories of place-names
1997, Kodansha International
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1568361742 9781568361741
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Table of Contents
Machine 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
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