W. B. Fisher (ed.)

The Cambridge History of Iran

Herausgeber: Fisher, W. B

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Volume I sets the physical stage for the human events which follow. In a sense it is a companion volume to the rest of the series. The whole volume is devoted to geography, geology, anthropology, economic life, and flora and fauna.

Produktdetails

• The Cambridge History of Iran 7 Volume Set in 8 Pieces
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 824
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 1968
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 1370g
• ISBN-13: 9780521069359
• ISBN-10: 0521069351
• Artikelnr.: 22113143

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Volume editor's preface
Units of measurement
Part I. The Land: 1. Physical geography
2. Geology
3. Geomorphology
4. The origin of the Zagros defiles
5. Climate
6. Soils
7. Hydrography
8. Vegetation
9. Mammals
10. Zoogeographic analysis of the lizard fauna of Iran
11. Ornithology
Part II. The People: 12. Early man in Iran
13. Geography of settlement
14. Population
Part III. Economic Life: 15. Minerals
16. Industrial activities
17. Communications, transport, retail trade and service
18. Agriculture
19. Water use in north-east Iran
20. Pastoralism, Nomadism and the social anthropology of Iran
21. Land reform of Iran
Part IV. Conclusion: 22. The personality of Iran
Bibliography
Conversion tables
Index.