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Provides an in-depth study of place names history and culture in Africa
Highlights the urbanist view on both traditional and recent place naming studies
Embraces a historical naming process accompanying cultural structures
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
By combining in-depth area studies research – some of the contributions are of ethnographic quality – with colonial history, planning history and geography, the authors intend to show that culture matters in research on place names.
This volume goes beyond the recent understanding obtained in critical studies of nomenclature, normally based on lists of official names, that place naming reflects the power of political regimes, nationalism, and ideology.
Editors and Affiliations
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The Institute of Western Cultures, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Liora Bigon
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Place Names in Africa
Book Subtitle: Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories
Editors: Liora Bigon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32485-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32484-5Published: 16 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81297-7Published: 31 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32485-2Published: 06 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 229
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ecosystems, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Regional and Cultural Studies