Overview
Completely revised and updated for 2012. Over 100 full-colour world maps and vivid graphics break down hardcore statistics into accessible, compelling form. Widely praised for its ingenious design and statistically meticulous presentation of trends, The State of the World Atlas graphically analyses every indicator and vital statistic of modern life, from wealth and power, war and peace through to rights, health and the environment.
Full Product Details
Author: Dan Smith
Publisher: New Internationalist Publications Ltd
Imprint: New Internationalist Publications Ltd
Edition: 9th Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 18.90cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 24.50cm
Weight: 0.413kg
ISBN: 9781780261218
ISBN 10: 1780261217
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 10 January 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
"""The State of the World Atlas is something else - an occasion of wit and an act of subversion."" New York Times ""No-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books."" International Herald Tribune"
The State of the World Atlas is something else - an occasion of wit and an act of subversion. New York Times No-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books. International Herald Tribune
The State of the World Atlas is something else - an occasion of wit and an act of subversion. New York Times No-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books. International Herald Tribune A super book that will not only sit on your shelf begging to be used, but will also be a good read. Its inventive brilliance deserves enormous rewards. New Scientist 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
Author Information
DAN SMITH is Secretary General of the London-based international peacebuilding organization International Alert, and former Director of the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo. He has also held fellowships at the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Hellenic Foundation for Foreign and European Policy and was, for over a decade, the Chair of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. He is the author of The State of the Middle East, as well as successive editions of The State of the World Atlas and The Atlas of War and Peace. At International Alert he produced the path-breaking A Climate of Conflict report on the links between climate change, peace, and war. He is regularly invited to advise governments and international organizations on policies and structures for peacebuilding, including through his membership of the Advisory Group for the UN Peacebuilding Fund, of which he was Chair until 2011. He was awarded the OBE in 2002, and blogs on international politics at www.dansmithsblog.com
