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Book Nicknames and Sobriquets of U S  Cities  States  and Counties

Download or read book Nicknames and Sobriquets of U S Cities States and Counties written by Joseph Nathan Kane and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists geographic nicknames by city, county, state, and nickname.

Book Municipal Reference Library Notes

Download or read book Municipal Reference Library Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nicknames of American Cities  Towns  and Villages  Past   Present

Download or read book Nicknames of American Cities Towns and Villages Past Present written by Gerard L. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Notes   Municipal Reference and Research Center

Download or read book Notes Municipal Reference and Research Center written by Municipal Reference and Research Center (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nicknames of Cities and States of the U S

Download or read book Nicknames of Cities and States of the U S written by Joseph Nathan Kane and published by New York : Sccarecrow Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Writings on American History

Download or read book Writings on American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary Catalog of the Map Division

Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Map Division written by New York Public Library. Map Division and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1952 with total page 1506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals

Book The City in Slang

    Book Details:
  • Author : Irving Lewis Allen
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1995-02-23
  • ISBN : 0195357760
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book The City in Slang written by Irving Lewis Allen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-02-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline, straphanger, tar beach, the Tenderloin, the Great White Way, to do a Brodie--these are just a few of the hundreds of popular words and phrases that were born or took on new meaning in the streets of New York. In The City in Slang, Irving Lewis Allen traces this flowering of popular expressions that accompanied the emergence of the New York metropolis from the early nineteenth century down to the present. This unique account of the cultural and social history of America's greatest city provides in effect a lexicon of popular speech about city life. With many stories Allen shows how this vocabulary arose from city streets, often interplaying with vaudeville, radio, movies, comics, and the popular songs of Tin Pan Alley. Some terms of great pertinence to city people today have unexpectedly old pedigrees. Rush hour was coined by 1890, for instance, and rubberneck dates to the late 1890s and became popular in New York to describe the busloads of tourists who craned their necks to see the tall buildings and the sights of the Bowery and Chinatown. The Big Apple itself (since 1971 the official nickname of New York) appeared in the 1920s, though first in reference to the city's top racetracks and to Broadway bookings as pinnacles of professional endeavor. Allen also tells fascinating stories behind once-popular slang that is no longer in use. Spielers, for example, were the little girls in tenement districts who danced ecstatically on the sidewalks to the music of the hurdy-gurdy men and, when they were old enough, frequented the dance halls of the Lower East Side. Following the trail of these words and phrases into the city's East Side, West Side, and all around the town, from Harlem to Wall Street, and into the haunts of its high and low life, The City in Slang is a fascinating look at the rich cultural heritage of language about city life.

Book Reference Sources for Small and Medium Sized Libraries

Download or read book Reference Sources for Small and Medium Sized Libraries written by Jack O'Gorman and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on new reference sources published since 2008 and reference titles that have retained their relevance, this new edition brings O’Gorman’s complete and authoritative guide to the best reference sources for small and medium-sized academic and public libraries fully up to date.

Book Maryland Historical Magazine

Download or read book Maryland Historical Magazine written by William Hand Browne and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the proceedings of the Society.

Book Bibliography of Landscape Architecture  Environmental Design  and Planning

Download or read book Bibliography of Landscape Architecture Environmental Design and Planning written by Antoinette Paris Powell and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1987 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Guide to Reference Books

Download or read book Guide to Reference Books written by Constance Mabel Winchell and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Guide to Reference Books

Download or read book Guide to Reference Books written by ALA. and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliography of Place name Literature

Download or read book Bibliography of Place name Literature written by Richard Burl Sealock and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1982 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Housing and Planning References

Download or read book Housing and Planning References written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library  1911 1971

Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library 1911 1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: