Place-Name Changes, 1900-1991

By: Adrian Room

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Paperback | 1 January 1993

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New in paperback This new and revised edition of Place-Name Changes Since 1900, originally published in 1979, contains over 4,500 name changes worldwide, ranging from small villages to entire countries. Much has changed in the world in the 13 years that have passed since the original work appeared, and the new edition takes full account of recent developments in Germany, the former Soviet Union, and other East European countries such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. An appendix gives the official names of countries of the world as of January 1, 1992. The bibliography has been updated and enlarged. Now more than ever, the work will prove an essential reference tool for all those who wish to keep abreast with the latest developments on the world stage. Cloth edition previously published in 1993. Paperback edition available August 2002.

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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works Geographical Reference Place Names & Gazetteers Reference Works History Specific Events & Topics in History Genealogy Historical Geography

Foreword	p. v
Introduction	p. vii
Definition of a Name Change	p. xiii
Arrangement of the Entries	p. xvii
Place-Name Changes 1900-1991	p. 1
Official Names of Countries as of January 1, 1993	p. 279
Bibliography	p. 289
About the Author	p. 296
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