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Indian Place Names in Alabama
William A. Read, and revised edition by James B. McMillan
University of Alabama Press, 1984

"What is the 'meaning' of names like Coosa and Tallapoosa? Who named the Alabama and Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers? How are Cheaha and Conecuh and Talladega pronounced? How did Opelika and Tuscaloosa get their names? Questions like these, which are asked by laymen as well as by historians, geographers, and students of the English language, can be answered only by study of the origins and history of the Indian names that dot the map of Alabama.—from the Foreword

Originally published by Professor Read in 1937, this volume was revised, updated, and annotated in 1984 by James B. McMillan and remains the single best compedium on the topic.

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Iowa's Historic Architects
A Biographical Dictionary
Wesley I. Shank
University of Iowa Press, 1998
Who were Iowa's historic architects? In this extensively researched dictionary, Wesley Shank answers that question by providing biographies of more than two hundred architects who practiced in Iowa before 1950 and who maintained an office in the state for at least part of their careers.

Among the prominent Iowa architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a remarkable few who had little training in architecture; their natural talents and their capacity for hard work made up for their lack of experience. Beginning in 1927, however, an Iowa architect had to meet state requirements of experience and training in order to practice. Shank includes an introduction to the history of the profession in Iowa: the development of professional education and training, the founding of professional societies and their roles, the different personalities and talents of the architects, the demography of architectural offices in the state, and the relative importance of Iowa architects both statewide and nationally.
For each architect Shank has gathered as much personal and professional information as possible: dates and places of birth and death; parents, spouses, and children; education and professional training; personality and competency; when and where they practiced, with whom, and when their partnerships began and ended; what roles they played in their communities and their profession; and the representative buildings they designed.
As a reflection of both national and state history, Iowa's Historic Architects will be valuable to professionals in the fields of architecture, American history, and historic preservation as well as to general readers.
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Itzaj Maya Spanish English Dictionary
Charles A Hofling
University of Utah Press, 1997
Of immense value to linguists, anthropologists, epigraphers, and ethnobotanists
•More than twenty-thousand entries
•In trilingual format with extensive Spanish-Itzaj Maya and English Itzaj indexes
•Includes a grammatical sketch describing morphological and syntactic processes of Itzaj Maya words
•Three appendixes present flora and fauna taxonomy and an overview of body parts
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Iñupiatun Uqaluit Taniktun Sivuninit/Iñupiaq to English Dictionary
Compiled by Edna MacLean
University of Alaska Press, 2014
This is a comprehensive treatment of one of Alaska’s oldest ancestral languages. Through its 19,000 entries and thirty-one appendices—with categories such as kin terms, names of constellations, and a list of explanations—the dictionary is an exceptional blend of linguistic and cultural references. 
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