Names of New York : discovering the city's past, present, and future through its place names /

Names of New York : discovering the city's past, present, and future through its place names /

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"From the coauthor of the award-winning Nonstop Metropolis--a short, fascinating journey into the past, present, and future of New York City through its place names and the stories they contain. Drawing on his background in cultural geography, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro excavates the wealth of stori...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, 2021
New York : [2021]
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
National Book Committee
Names, Geographical > New York (State) > New York
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
HISTORY / United States / State & Local
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General
Historical geography
History
Names, Geographical
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban
TRAVEL
New York (N.Y.) > Historical geography
New York (N.Y.) > History
New York (State) > New York
Table of Contents:
  • The power of names
  • The names before
  • Navigators and Duyvils and English and Kings (on Colonial names)
  • The Americans
  • Leaving shore: city of islands
  • Brokers and powers (and neighborhoods, too)
  • Honors and sounds
  • Making place: names of the future
  • The power of names
  • The names before
  • Navigators and Duyvils and English and Kings (on Colonial names)
  • The Americans
  • Leaving shore: city of islands
  • Brokers and powers (and neighborhoods, too)
  • Honors and sounds
  • Making place: names of the future

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