The land of Iran
By: edited by W.B. Fisher
Series: The Cambridge history of Iran -- v. 1; Cambridge history of Iran -- v. 1.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 783
ISBN-13: 9780521069359
Subjects: Description and travel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 743-763) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1: The land. Physical geography / W.B. Fisher ; Geology / J.V. Harrison ; Geomorphology / K. Scharlau ; The origin of the Zagros Defiles / T.M. Oberlander ; Climate / M.H. Ganji; title: Soils / M.L. Dewan and J. Famouri ; Notes on clay / R.H.S. Robertson ; Hydrography / T.M. Oberlander ; Vegetation / H. Bobek ; Mammals / X. de Misonne ; Zoogeographic analysis of the lizard fauna of Iran / S.C. Anderson; title: Ornithology / S. Jervis Read; title: pt. 2: The people. Early man in Iran / E. Sunderland ; Geography of settlement / N. de Planhol [and] Notes on sources / Judith A. Brown ; Population / J. Behnam; title: pt. 3. Economic life. Minerals / J.V. Harrison ; Industrial activities / A. Melamid ; Communications, transport, retail trade and services / A. Melamid ; Agriculture / H. Bowen-Jones ; Water use in North-east Iran / D.J. Flowers ; Pastoralism, nomadism, and the social anthropology of Iran / E. Sunderland ; Land reform in Iran / K.S. McLachlan; title: pt. 4: Conclusion. The personality of Iran / W.B. Fisher.