The sociolinguistics of the "s-word": Squaw in American placenames

Names

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 207-216

  Bright, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 27644559132     PISSN: 00277738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/nam.2000.48.3-4.207     Document Type: Article

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