The Cambridge Region

This 1938 survey of the district of Cambridge provides an overview of physical and human geography within the Cambridge area.

H. C. Darby (Edited by)

9781107687479, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 January 2013

250 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.4 cm, 0.32 kg

Originally published in 1938, this survey of the district of Cambridge was written mainly in terms of the two administrative counties of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. The survey was prepared, in the first instance, for the Cambridge Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and was presented by the syndics of Cambridge University Press to members attending the Meeting. The text provides a broad overview of physical and human geography within the Cambridge area. Numerous maps and diagrams are also included, together with an index of place names. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in regional geography and historical geography.

1. The geology and physiography of the Cambridge district O. T. Jones
2. The soils of Cambridgeshire H. H. Nicholson and F. Hanley
3. The climate of Cambridgeshire A. S. Watt
4. The botany of Cambridgeshire H. Godwin
5. The zoology of Cambridgeshire A. D. Imms
6. The archaeology of Cambridgeshire J. G. D. Clark
7. The place-names of Cambridgeshire P. H. Reaney
8. The villages of Cambridgeshire John Jones
9. Cambridgeshire in the nineteenth century H. C. Darby
10. The agriculture of Cambridgeshire R. McG. Carslaw and J. A. McMillan
11. The industries of Cambridgeshire F. M. Page
12. The growth of Cambridge J. B. Mitchell
13. The draining of the fens AD 1600–1850 H. C. Darby
14. Modern drainage problems AD 1850–1938 Oscar Borer
15. The breckland R. R. Clarke, J. Macdonald and A. S. Watt
Index of place-names.

Subject Areas: Regional geography [RGL]