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- catalog contributor b5388347.
- catalog coverage "United States History, Local.".
- catalog created "1958.".
- catalog date "1958".
- catalog date "1958.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1958.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliography.".
- catalog description "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 Court 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 when they fought the French -- Of a pause between wars -- How the leather-jackets rode 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 have all 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 celebré -- Unfinished business -- Heritage -- Alaska -- Hawaii -- Current affairs -- 1944-1958 -- Author's postscript.".
- catalog extent "511 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Names on the land.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Names on the land.".
- catalog issued "1958".
- catalog issued "1958.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston, Houghton Mifflin,".
- catalog relation "Names on the land.".
- catalog spatial "United States History, Local.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "917.3 929.4".
- catalog subject "E155 .S8".
- catalog subject "Names, Geographical United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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 Court 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 when they fought the French -- Of a pause between wars -- How the leather-jackets rode 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 have all 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 celebré -- Unfinished business -- Heritage -- Alaska -- Hawaii -- Current affairs -- 1944-1958 -- Author's postscript.".
- catalog title "Names on the land; a historical account of place-naming in the United States.".
- catalog type "Local history. fast".
- catalog type "text".