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Names and History: People, Places and Things
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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Names and History: People, Places and Things
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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Names and History: People, Places and Things

Names and History: People, Places and Things

by George Redmonds
Names and History: People, Places and Things

Names and History: People, Places and Things

by George Redmonds

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781852855079
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 03/15/2007
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

George Redmonds is the author of numerous books on name topics - most recently Surnames and Genealogy and Christian Names in Local and Family History. In 2001 he presented the BBC radio 4 series Surnames, Genes and Genealogy.

Table of Contents

IllustrationsIntroduction1 Source Detective2 The Surbaname Revolution3 Surbaname Excursions4 The Local History of Place-Names5 Minor Place-Names6 Field Names7 First Names8 Inns and Public Houses9 Animals10 Unofficial Place-Names11 Streets12 Ships and Fabrics13 PlantsAppendicesNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

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