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100 1 0 _aMontès, Christian
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245 0 0 _a(Re)Naming American State Capitals: The Construction of an Empire's Identity Revealed through Toponymy
260 _c2008.
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520 _aAmerican State capitals, a type-case of new countries that combine withdrawal from an empire with empire creation, show the two sides of neotoponymy: removing the old name and creating a new name. The long timeline of the processes leads to a mix of foreign and domestic references. Today's toponymical palimpsest alludes to different scales and actors, between local aspirations, geo-marketing, and national geopolitics. Pre-colonial toponymy was kept and the restoration of native toponyms is no longer an issue. The toponymical stability since the end of 19th century might thus be one of the last bastions of the initial geopolitical construct.
690 _aneotoponymy
690 _aidentity construction
690 _apre-colonial toponymy
690 _ageo-marketing
690 _aempire
786 0 _nL’Espace géographique | 37 | 2 | 2008-06-10 | p. 106-116 | 0046-2497
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-espace-geographique-2008-2-page-106?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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