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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143122657
ISBN-139780143122654
eBay Product ID (ePID)113143443
Product Key Features
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePenguin State of the World Atlas : Ninth Edition
SubjectModern / 21st Century, World, Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (See Also Travel / Maps & Road Atlases), Reference, History
Publication Year2012
FeaturesRevised
TypeMap
AuthorDan Smith
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsPraise for the 8th edition of The Penguin State of the World Atlas : "The State of the World Atlas is something else-an occasion of wit and an act of subversion . . . These are the bad dreams of the modern world, given color and shape and submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously." - The New York Times "Unique and uniquely beautiful . . . A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes." - Los Angeles Times "A striking new approach to cartography . . . no-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books." - International Herald Tribune "Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from the international drugs industry to climate change." - Evening Standard, Praise for the 8th edition of The Penguin State of the World Atlas: "The State of the World Atlas is something else-an occasion of wit and an act of subversion...These are the bad dreams of the modern world, given color and shape and submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously."-The New York Times "Unique and uniquely beautiful...A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes." -Los Angeles Times "A striking new approach to cartography...no-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books."--International Herald Tribune "Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from the international drugs industry to climate change."--Evening Standard, Praise for the 8th edition of The Penguin State of the World Atlas : "The State of the World Atlas is something else--an occasion of wit and an act of subversion . . . These are the bad dreams of the modern world, given color and shape and submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously." -- The New York Times "Unique and uniquely beautiful . . . A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes." -- Los Angeles Times "A striking new approach to cartography . . . no-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books." -- International Herald Tribune "Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from the international drugs industry to climate change." -- Evening Standard, Praise for the 8th edition of The PenguinState of the World Atlas : "The State of the World Atlas is something else--an occasion of wit and an act of subversion . . . These are the bad dreams of the modern world, given color and shape and submitted to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously." -- The New York Times "Unique and uniquely beautiful . . . A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes." -- Los Angeles Times "A striking new approach to cartography . . . no-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books." -- International Herald Tribune "Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from the international drugs industry to climate change." -- Evening Standard
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal300.223
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe completely up-to-date edition of a comprehensive overview of the elements that define our world Now in its ninth edition, the widely praised Penguin State of the World Atlas remains an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global trends. Completely revised and updated, this distinctive atlas presents the latest statistics on communications and information technology, international trade, globalization of work, aging and new health risks, food and water, energy resources and consumption, global warming and biodiversity, literacy, gender equality, wars and peacekeeping, and more. Fascinating, troubling, and surprising, this is one atlas no student of the world should be without.