Place-Name Changes, 1900-1991

by Adrian Room

Overview

New in paperback! This new and revised edition of Place-Name Changes Since 1900, originally published in 1979, contains over 4,500 name changes worldwide, ranging from small villages to entire countries. Much has changed in the world in the 13 years that have passed since the original work appeared, and the new edition takes full account of recent developments in Germany, the former Soviet Union, and other East European countries such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. An appendix gives the official names of countries of the world as of January 1, 1992. The bibliography has been updated and enlarged. Now more than ever, the work will prove an essential reference tool for all those who wish to keep abreast with the latest developments on the world stage. Cloth edition previously published in 1993. Paperback edition available August 2002.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810844667
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/1993
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

Adrian Room (MA, Oxford) is the author of about 35 popular reference books, mainly on the origins of words and names. He has taught English and modern foreign languages at a number of schools and colleges, and in 1984 left his post as Senior Lecturer in Russian with the Ministry of Defence to pursue writing full-time. He has long specialized in the field of place names, and his first book on the subject (and his first book overall) was Place Names of the World (David & Charles, 1974). His recent publications include Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles (Bloomsbury, 1989) and Street Names of England (Paul Watkins, 1992). He is currently working on two new dictionaries of first names, and his largest work ever on the subject of names will be published as Brewer's Dictionary of Names (Cassell, 1992). He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and the American Name Society.

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John Denton

... Reference libraries will find this a most useful acquisition as it will serve as an authoritatively written gazetteer.....

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Editorial Reviews

... Reference libraries will find this a most useful acquisition as it will serve as an authoritatively written gazetteer.

Library Association Record - John Denton

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... a useful gazetteer for all reference libraries...

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... Reference libraries will find this a most useful acquisition as it will serve as an authoritatively written gazetteer.--John Denton "Library Association Record "

... unique in its presentation....--Jeris Cassel "Rq "

... a useful gazetteer for all reference libraries...--CHOICE

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... a useful gazetteer for all reference libraries...

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... unique in its presentation....
— Jeris Cassel

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... Reference libraries will find this a most useful acquisition as it will serve as an authoritatively written gazetteer.
— John Denton

Library Association Record

We know about explosive name changes of late in the former Germanies, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and such; but for decades former colonies have been reconstituting native names, villages and towns have been memorializing recent heroes or celebrities, and real estate developers have changed their marketing strategies. Room cites some 4,500 names of villages, towns, regions, and countries, providing the current name, description and location (e.g. a township in Virginia), the former name, and when the change was made. Most of the changes are officially sanctioned, but some are just so popular that they have become current. Includes an appendix of the official names of countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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