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George R. Stewart’s classic study of place-naming in the United States was written during World War II as a tribute to the varied heritage of the nation’s peoples. More than half a century later, Names on the Land remains the authoritative source on its subject, while Stewart’s intimate... read more
First Sentence
Once, from eastern ocean to western ocean, the land stretched away without names.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Forward to the Revised and Enlarged Edition
I. Of what is attempted in this book
II. Of the naming that was before history
III. How the first Spaniards gave names
IV. Of English, Spanish, and French in the same years
V. Of Charles Stuart and some others
VI. How the Massachusetts General Court dealt with names
VII. How the people began to give names
VIII. How names were symbols of empire
IX. The History of New York
X. Of the French
XI. How the Spaniards named another kingdom
XII. When King Charles came to his own
XIII. How the names became more English and less English
XIV. How they took the names into the mountains
XV. Of the years when they fought the French
XVI. Of a pause between two wars
XVII. How the Leather-Jackets rode north
XVIII. Of new names in the Land
XIX. America discovers Columbus
XX. Of the last voyagers
XXI. Of ancient glory renewed
XXII. Of the new nation
XXIII. Yankee flavor
XXIV. How they took over the French names
XXV. Of Mr. Jefferson's western lands
XXVI. Of the dry country and the farther mountains
XXVII. Of a new generation
XXVIII. Of patterns for street-names
XXIX. Flavor of the New South
XXX. Melodrama in the Forties
XXXI. "Ye say they have all passed away..."
XXXII. How the tradition of the States was broken
XXXIII. Of the cities of the Fifties
XXXIV. How they fought again
XXXV. How Congress took over
XXXVI. Of the last flourishing
XXXVII. "Change the name of Arkansas--Never!"
XXXVIII. Of rules and regulations
XXXIX. Flavor of California
XL. Of modern methods
XLI. Cause célèbre
XLII. Unfinished business
XLIII. Heritage
XLIV. Alaska
XLV. Hawaii
XLVI. Current affairs--1944-1958
Author's Postscript
Notes and references
Index
Authors & Contributors
- George R. Stewart (Author)
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