A Matter of Taste
How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change
by Stanley Lieberson
334 pages· ISBN 9780300083859
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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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