Demarcating Territory: Historical Markers in the United States
Historical markers began to appear in the U.S. in the 1930s and contribute, in their own way, to the symbolic mechanisms of territorial appropriation, in the same way as onomastics, toponymy, and anthroponymy. The nomination and the spatial inscription of a location provide it with an identity and s...
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Language: | English |
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Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès
2012-06-01
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Series: | Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/2920 |