A Matter of Taste: How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change

A Matter of Taste: How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change
ISBN-10
0300083858
ISBN-13
9780300083859
Category
Social Science
Pages
364
Language
English
Published
2000-01-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Stanley Lieberson

Description

What accounts for our tastes? Why and how do they change over time? Stanley Lieberson analyzes children's first names to develop an original theory of fashion. He disputes the commonly-held notion that tastes in names (and other fashions) simply reflect societal shifts.

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