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Manhattan to Minisink - American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity (Paperback) Loot Price: R733
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Manhattan to Minisink - American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity (Paperback): Robert S. Grumet

Manhattan to Minisink - American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity (Paperback)

Robert S. Grumet

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Drivers exiting the New Jersey Turnpike for Perth Amboy, and map readers marveling at all the places in Pennsylvania named Lackawanna, need no longer wonder how these names originated. Manhattan to Minisink provides the histories of more than five hundred place names in the Greater New York area, including the five boroughs, western Long Island, the New York counties north of the city, and parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Robert S. Grumet, a leading ethnohistorian specializing in the region's Indian peoples, draws on his meticulous research and deep knowledge to determine the origins of Native, and Native-sounding, place names.Grumet divides his encyclopedic entries into two parts. The first comprises an alphabetical listing of nearly 340 Indian place names preserved in colonial records, located by county and state. Each entry includes the name's language of origin, if known, and a brief discussion of its etymology, including its earliest known occurrence in written records, the history of its appearance on maps, and the name's current status. The book's second section presents nearly 200 place names that, though widely believed to be of Indian origin, are "imports, inventions, invocations, or impostors." Mistranslations are abundant in place names, and Grumet has ferreted out the mistakes and deceptions among home-grown colonial etymologies that New Yorkers have accepted for centuries. Complete with a concise history of Greater New York, a discussion of the region's naming practices, a useful timeline, and four maps, this is an invaluable resource both for scholars and for readers who want a more intimate knowledge of the place where they live or visit.

General

Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2021
Authors: Robert S. Grumet
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-6902-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands
Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > General
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of other lands
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
Books > Travel > General
LSN: 0-8061-6902-8
Barcode: 9780806169026

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