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Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe – A Reference Guide to Cultural Sensitivity and Ethnic Identity - Softcover

Dickson, Paul

 
9780060881641: Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe – A Reference Guide to Cultural Sensitivity and Ethnic Identity
Softcover
ISBN 10: 006088164X ISBN 13: 9780060881641
Verlag: Harper Paperbacks, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

In our globally interconnected age, misnaming where someone is from or the cultural group to which they belong often constitutes more than a harmless social gaffe. Labels for Locals provides guidance on the preferred, and sometimes disdained, names for selected locales, cities, regions, countries, and ethnic groups worldwide.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul Dickson has written eight bat and ball books (one on softball, seven on baseball) and is working on the third edition of his Dickson Baseball Dictionary, as well as a new work, The Unwritten Rules of Baseball. He also writes narrative 20th century American history and compiles word books. He lives in Garrett Park, Maryland, with his wife, Nancy.

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In our globally interconnected age, misnaming where someone is from or the cultural group to which they belong often constitutes more than a harmless social gaffe. Labels for Locals provides guidance on the preferred, and sometimes disdained, names for selected locales, cities, regions, countries, and ethnic groups worldwide.

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Verlag
Harper Paperbacks
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
006088164X
ISBN 13 
9780060881641
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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