TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lieberson,Stanley
TI  - A matter of taste: how names, fashions, and culture change 
SN  - 0300083858
AV  - CS2367 .L54 2000
U1  - 302.13 21
PY  - 2000///]
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Names, Personal
KW  - United States
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Fads
KW  - Social change
KW  - Social choice
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index; Tastes : why do they become what they become? -- Becoming a fashion -- How the social order influences names after they become a matter of taste--and how it doesn't -- The ratchet effect -- Other internal mechanisms -- Models of the fashion process -- Ethnic and racial groups -- Entertainment and entertainers -- Broader issues : the cultural surface and cultural change
ER  -