{"product_id":"off-the-map-the-curious-history-of-place-names","title":"Off the Map: The Curious History of Place Names","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOff the Map: The Curious History of Place Names\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDerek Nelson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781568361741\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKodansha Amer Inc\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1997\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIs it Rangoon, Burma (as the American media prefer), or Yangon, Myanmar (as their government decrees)? Is it Ivory Coast or Cote d'Ivoire? What keeps us from calling other countries by the names they use for themselves? The Hindu names for Indian isn't India and the Japanese don't call their country Japan. The tangled answers to these questions- and to dozens of other typonymic conundra- appear in this armchair adventure around the four corners of the globe (a biblical phrase that resulted in the belief that the earth was square).\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Kodansha Amer Inc","offers":[{"title":"Off the Map: The Curious History of Place Names | Derek Nelson | Hardcover | 9781568361741 | Used: Like New | History 1623458","offer_id":50695979598082,"sku":"1623458","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91QtZn1SyjL.jpg?v=1791565956","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/off-the-map-the-curious-history-of-place-names","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}