Stephanie Boyd

The Story of Cambridge

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cambridge is a small city on the edge of the Fens, yet it is famous throughout the world. This engaging history explains how Cambridge has grown from a small market town with an ancient University into a world centre for science, technology and artificial intelligence and a thriving modern city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 170mm x 244mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9781107428881
• ISBN-10: 1107428882
• Artikelnr.: 66345376

Autorenporträt

Stephanie Boyd studied history at the University of Oxford, then returned to her home town of Cambridge, where she worked in education and publishing. She has worked as a teacher and is an experienced learning officer in museum, outdoor and classroom education. She has a strong local connection with the town. Her great-great-great-great-grandfather was working at the corn mills near Silver Street as the town bells rang out for Nelson after the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

Inhaltsangabe

Cambridge: a famous city
1. Prehistoric Cam valley
2. Invaders and settlers
3. Medieval Cambridge
4. Tudor Cambridge
5. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
6. Victorian and Edwardian Cambridge
7. Cambridge at war
8. The modern city.