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Off the Map: The Curious Histories of Place-Names
Off the Map The Curious Histories of PlaceNames
Author: Derek Nelson
Is it Rangoon, Burma (as the American media prefer), or Yangon, Myanmar (as their government decrees)? Is it Ivory Coast or Cote d'Ivoire? What keeps us from calling other countries by the names they use for themselves? The Hindu names for Indian isn't India and the Japanese don't call their country Japan. The tangled answers to thes...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781568361741
ISBN-10: 1568361742
Publication Date: 11/1997
Pages: 200
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Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN)
Book Type: Hardcover
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