Main entry:

Stewart, George R., 1895-1980, author.

Title & Author:

Names on the land : a historical account of place-naming in the United States / by George R. Stewart ; introduction by Matt Weiland.

Publication:

New York : New York Review Books, ©2008.

Description:

xx, 511 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Series:

New York Review Books classics

Notes:
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1945.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-482) and index.
Introduction -- Foreword -- Of what is attempted in this book -- Of the naming that was before history -- How the first Spaniards gave names -- Of English, Spanish, and French in the same years -- Of Charles Stuart and some others -- How the Massachusetts General Code dealt with names -- How the people began to give names -- How names were symbols of empire -- The history of New York -- Of the French -- How the Spaniards named another kingdom -- When King Charles came to his own -- How the names became more English and less English -- How they took the names into the mountains -- Of the years they fought the French -- Of a pause between wars -- How the leather-jackets road north -- Of new names in the land -- America discovers Columbus -- Of the last voyagers -- Of ancient glory renewed -- Of the new nation -- Yankee flavor -- How they took over the French names -- Of Mr. Jefferson's western lands -- Of the dry country and the farther mountains -- Of a new generation
Of patterns for street-names -- Flavor of the new South -- Melodrama in the Forties -- "Ye say they all have passed away ..." -- How the tradition of the states was broken -- Of the cities of the Fifties -- How they fought again -- How Congress took over -- Of the last flourishing -- "Change the name of Arkansas ... Never!" -- Of rules and regulations -- Flavor of California -- Of modern methods -- Cause célèbre -- Unfinished business -- Heritage -- Alaska -- Hawaii -- Current affairs, 1944-1958.

Summary:

"[F]ascinating and fantastically detailed panorama of language in action ... it will engage anyone who has ever wondered at the curious names scattered across the American map."

ISBN:

9781590172735 (alk. paper)
1590172736 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Names, Geographical United States.
Noms géographiques États-Unis.
Names, Geographical
United States History, Local.
United States

Form/genre:

Local history

Added entries:

New York Review Books classics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258218
Call No.: BIB 188901
Status: Available