The Cambridge Gazetteer of the USA and Canada
A Dictionary of Places

The Cambridge Gazetteer of the United States and Canada, first published in 1995, contains more than 10,000 entries on places of all kinds.

Archie Hobson (Edited by)

9781107402577, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 July 2011

786 pages
23.5 x 19.1 x 4 cm, 1.33 kg

Review of the hardback: '...pleasantly-produced...we could do with more like it' Refer 12(2) Spring 1996

Originally published in 1995, The Cambridge Gazetteer of the United States and Canada contains more than 12,000 entries of places of all kinds. It is a detailed, alphabetically arranged enyclopedic dictionary of places. It includes coverage of all cities and towns having populations of over 25,000. But the Cambridge Gazetteer is far more than a dictionary of populated places. It contains thousands of entries describing waterways and mountain ranges, parks and historic sites and major urban neighbourhoods. It captures the grand sweep of modern America. Throughout, the book is informed with a sense of the history of each place described and prominent people associated with particular places are described within the appropriate entries. The role of ethnic and minority groups is given significant attention.

Acknowledgements
Introduction and guide to using the Gazetteer
List of glossary entries
Abbreviations
The Cambridge Gazetteer of the United States and Canada
Maps.

Subject Areas: Place names & gazetteers [GBGP]