Irish placenames: Post-colonial locations

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-480

  Nash, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Identity; Ireland; Placenames; Politics; Post colonialism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; PLACE NAME; TOPONYMY;

IRELAND;

EID: 0033396123     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1999.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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