The study of social taste through first names: comment on Lieberson and Bell.

A commentary on S. Lieberson and E.O. Bell's “Children's First Names: An Empirical Study of Social Taste,” which appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, vol. 98, 1992, pp. 511-554. Lieberson and Bell's article raises two problems: It ignores previously published French-language studies that...

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Published in:	American Journal of Sociology Vol. 100; pp. 1313 - 1317
Main Author:	Besnard, Philippe
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Chicago Press March 1995
Subjects:	Racial differences Educational attainment Personal names United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost