Calling changes by name : the Massachusetts family viewed through an onomastic lens, 1660-1860 / Kailia Knight Schwatz.

This study addresses the unique naming patterns found among Massachusetts families from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth and connects the changes in these patterns to broader shifts in religious and cultural beliefs. One scholar described names as "an ideal cultural metric,"...

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Main Author: Schwartz, Kaila Knight.
Corporate Authors: Simmons College (Boston, Mass.). School of Library and Information Science., Simmons College (Boston, Mass.). College of Arts and Sciences.
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: 2014.
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