The State of the World Atlas

Author: Dan Smith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134038666
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
Over 50 full-colour world maps and graphics break down hardcore statistics to provide a compelling analysis of all the political, social, economic and ecological nightmares that keep us awake at night. The world's car population has grown five times as fast as the human population over the last 50 years. Wal-Mart's sales revenue exceeds the GDP of 150 countries. Climate change may put 2.7 billion at risk of armed conflict. Germany generates more tourists than anywhere else. Americans use 160 times more water than people in Rwanda. If you want to get behind the headlines and understand the world - from urbanization to globalization, terrorism to tourism, military spending to human rights - The State of the World Atlas is unmatched.

The State of the World Atlas

Author: Dan Smith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525506721
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
The State of the World Atlas is an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global trends, highlighting the international scope and complexity of many challenges facing the humanity today. With a bold new design, this distinctive atlas presents the latest statistics on international trade and migration, the globalization of work, aging and new health risks (up to and including the COVID-19 pandemic), food and water, energy resources and consumption, literacy, gender equality, wars and peacekeeping, and more. And for the newest edition, special attention has been brought to the way that all of these issues are affected by the ongoing climate crisis. Fascinating, troubling, and surprising, this is an important resource for anyone who seeks to better understand the world around them.

The Women's Atlas

Author: Joni Seager
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525506179
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 211

Book Description
The most up-to-date global perspective on how women are living today across continents and cultures In this completely revised and updated fifth edition of her groundbreaking atlas, Joni Seager provides comprehensive and accessible analysis of up-to-the-minute global data on the key issues facing women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, the culture of beauty, women at work, women in the global economy, changing households, domestic violence, lesbian rights, women in government, and more. The result is an invaluable resource on the status of women around the world today.

The State of War and Peace Atlas

Author: Dan Smith
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN: 9780140513738
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
"The State of War and Peace Atlas brings together a global picture of the bloody costs of war: the death tolls; the plight of refugees; lasting environmental damage; the collapse of whole states. It closes on a tentative note of hope by mapping the world of peace diplomacy and our global peacekeeping processes."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

National Geographic Kids My First Atlas of the World

Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426331746
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Presents an overview of the countries of the world, explaining how to look at a map, where people live n the Earth, and major countries and regions.

The Penguin State of the World Atlas

Author: Dan Smith
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
The completely up-to-date edition of this invaluable classic reference allows the reader a global overview of the elements that define the opening of the twenty-first century. * The World at War * The Rise of Globalization * Control of the Seas * Control of Space * Superpowers * Population Growth * Urbanization * Traffic * Energy Use * Global Warming * Biodiversity * Stock Markets * Human Rights * Children's Rights * The Internet and Digital Media * Investment * Health and Disease Using a mainly visual analysis of data in full-color maps and graphics, Dan Smith gives shape and meaning to the statistics.

The Real State of America Atlas

Author: Cynthia H. Enloe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780520269484
Category : Sociografi
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Two professors provide a comprehensive overview of the realities of the modern American experience, providing facts and illustrations depicting the nation's changing demographics, patterns of home ownership and the kind of foods being eaten across the country.

The State of the Middle East Atlas

Author: Dan Smith
Publisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1780262329
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
The author of the best-selling State of the World Atlas builds a unique contemporary understanding of the factors and forces at play by homing in on the key events, themes, resources and relationships. Blending the creative use of maps and graphics with incisive text and the most-up-to-date statistics, this Atlas explains the background to current events in the Middle East.

Atlas of the Medieval World

Author: Rosamond McKitterick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
Forged in an age of faith and war and tempered by great statesmen, religious leaders and artists, medieval civilizations witnessed remarkable transformations. Far from being a homogeneous world of knights and castles, the era saw a multitude of contrasting and often competing cultures, many of which became the foundation stones for the emergence of modern societies. From the expansion of Islam across the Mediterranean to the appearance of centralized states and Christian monarchies, the Atlas of the Medieval World draws from new archival and archaeological evidence to reveal a period of astonishing cultural vibrancy and political diversity. Alongside stunning maps covering nearly a millennium of one of the most formative phases in history, hundreds of exquisite pictures of art and architecture accompany expertly written text edited by Rosamond McKitterick, Professor of Early Medieval History at Cambridge University to bring an extraordinary period to life as no reference has before. The Arab invasions of Europe, the empire of Charlemagne, the African kingdoms of Songhai and Mali, the Crusades, the Viking and Mongol invasions, the Delhi sultanate and the T'ang and Ming empires are just a few of the subjects explained in the Atlas of the Medieval World. What's more, cultural and economic trends such as the spread of literacy and the growth of towns receive equal attention alongside the emergence of kingdoms and the march of armies to form a comprehensive history of all major societies outside of the Americas during the Middle Ages.

Cassell's Atlas of World History

Author: John Haywood
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304357574
Category : Historical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Now available in paperback, the first entirely new historical atlas for 20 years, covering every region of the world at every period of its history