University of Exeter Press
Exeter And Its Region
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- 366 Pages
This volume is the latest in the series of regional studies issued on the occasion of meetings of the British Association. The 31 contributors, mostly staff of the University of Exeter but including seven outside experts, have provided authoritative and up-to-date accounts of the archaeology, history, economy and political structure of Devon and Exeter against the wider physical and biological background of the south-west peninsula as a whole. To this have been added chapters on the city of Exeter; its growth since 1840, its medical services, social structure and University. To add spice to the mixture, there are concluding chapters on the writers and artists of Devon and Cornwall.
Lists of suggested further reading have been appended to most chapters, and the volume is illustrated by numerous tables, plans, diagrams and plates.
This volume provides authoritative and up-to-date accounts of the archaeology, history, economy and political structure of Devon and Exeter against the wider physical and biological background of the south-west peninsula as a whole.
Editorial Board
Local Officers, Officials and Executive Committee, British Association Meeting 1969
Preface
Introduction
Part I: The South West: The Physical Background
1. Introduction
2. Geology
3. Geomorphology
4. Climate
5. Pleistocene Faunas of Devon
Part II: The South-West: The Biological Background
6. Zoology
7. The Freshwater Fisheries of Exeter and District
8. Flora and Vegetation
9. Nature Conservation
Part III: The Archaeology and History of Devon
10. Exeter: The Site and Setting
11. The Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
12. Prehistoric and Roman Settlement
13. The Evolution of Settlement in Celtic, Saxon and Medieval Times
14. The Economic History of Devon 1300-1700
15. The Economic History and Industrial Archaeology of Devon since 1700
Part IV
16. The Place Names of Devon
Part V: The Economy and Political Structure of Devon
17. Economic Activity
18. Agriculture
19. Forestry
20. The Holiday Industry
21. Politics and Government
Part VI: Exeter: The City and University
22. The Growth of Exeter from 1840 to the Present Day
23. The Medical Services in Exeter
24. Two Aspects of the Social Structure of Exeter
25. The University of Exeter: A Retrospect
Part VII: Literature and Art in the South West
26. Some Writers of the South West
27. The Exeter Book
28. Art and the South West
