• ISBN13: 9780521415798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia & Atlas
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: April 19, 1995
• Pages: 783
• Original Price: 925.0 INR
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1525 grams

About the Book The Cambridge Gazetteer of the United States and Canada is a comprehensive, one-volume, alphabetically arranged encyclopedic dictionary of places. It contains over 12,000 entries based on the latest census data and on a wide range of economic, cultural, historic, and topographical sources. The Gazetteer's coverage is unique in that it extends beyond the basic survey of towns, cities, and rivers; it includes coverage of urban neighborhoods; suburban and rural communities; lakes, rivers, ocean areas, mountains, forests, swamps, parks, preserves, and other regions of contemporary interest or past significance including Revolutionary and Civil War sites; roads and routes; important industrial, military, and cultural locales; historic sites; and even renowned folkloric and fictional places. Thus, it is not only a basic reference tool--including entries for every place having a population over 10,000--but actually a pleasure to read.