Names and History: People, Places and Things
Autor George Redmondsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 ian 2007
How names were acquired, and how they have changed, is a subject of perennial fascination. They are part of our personal histories, defining who we are and where we live. Names are everywhere, identifying people, places, animals, ships, materials, plants, public houses and fields. To understand them we need to look beyond etymologies, examining names instead in their historic and chronological contexts. The investigations in Names and History all involve fascinating detective stories into the connections between names and related subjects - archaeology and the landscape; genealogy, genetics and family networks; dialects and social customs; industrial and farming practices. In them George Redmonds, a leading historian of names, widens the whole range of name studies and draws readers into the enquiry. Names will never seem the same again.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781852855079
ISBN-10: 185285507X
Pagini: 264
Ilustrații: 13
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hambledon Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 185285507X
Pagini: 264
Ilustrații: 13
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hambledon Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
George Redmonds is a highly respected historian of English names.His latest book will delight everyone keen to know more about this compelling, while often baffling, subject.
Cuprins
Illustrations
Introduction
1 Source Detective
2 The Surname Revolution
3 Surname Excursions
4 The Local History of Place-Names
5 Minor Place-Names
6 Field Names
7 First Names
8 Inns and Public Houses
9 Animals
10 Unofficial Place-Names
11 Streets
12 Ships and Fabrics
13 Plants
Appendices
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 Source Detective
2 The Surname Revolution
3 Surname Excursions
4 The Local History of Place-Names
5 Minor Place-Names
6 Field Names
7 First Names
8 Inns and Public Houses
9 Animals
10 Unofficial Place-Names
11 Streets
12 Ships and Fabrics
13 Plants
Appendices
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
"A rewarding one to read."
"Names and History takes the reader well beyond etymologies by placing a variety of names in their chronological and historical contexts ... A readable explanatory text" Northern History
"...fascinating compendium of research into British names..."
"Names and History takes the reader well beyond etymologies by placing a variety of names in their chronological and historical contexts ... A readable explanatory text" Northern History
"...fascinating compendium of research into British names..."