00962nam a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260002800043100002100071700002100092245006400113856012700177300000800304520050400312       2009                            d  c2009bRoutledgeaLondon1 aLawrence D. Berg1 aJani Vuolteenaho00aCritical Toponymies: The Contested Politics of Place Naming  uhttps://www.routledge.com/Critical-Toponymies-The-Contested-Politics-of-Place-Naming/Berg-Vuolteenaho/p/book/9781138267756  a3063 aWhile place names have long been studied by a few devoted specialists, approaches to them have been traditionally empiricist and uncritical in character. This book brings together recent works that conceptualize the hegemonic and contested practices of geographical naming. The contributors guide the reader into struggles over toponymy in a multitude of national and local contexts across Europe, North America, New Zealand, Asia and Africa. In a ground-breaking and multidisciplinary fashion, this