Place Names: How They Define the World ‐ and More

For 20 years Dr Randall was executive secretary of the US Board of Geographical Names. It shows: he writes as much about the work of the Board and international bodies associated with it as anything else in the book.

There are several main sections including:

Each of those parts is sub‐divided into several sections. This is not principally a reference book, however: at several points in the text there are definitions of various categories of names (not included in the index). The list of contents and a flip through the pages may be more helpful to the reference librarian than...