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Textbook Details

  • EDITION:
    8th Edition
  • ISBN:
    0143114522
  • ISBN-13:
    9780143114529
  • PUB. DATE:
    November 2008
  • PUBLISHER:
    Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Penguin State of the World Atlas / Edition 8 by Dan Smith

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Best Atlas for College Studentsby Anonymous

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We have to use this atlas for my Politics class and it is by far the best source of information on the international enviroment.

Indispensible for any world travler in heart or actionby Anonymous

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This ultimate book of world records/facts/figures is filled with great ponders as well as worthy coctail conversation. I only wish it had been printed as a hardbound collection book.

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Penguin State of the World Atlas

Product Details

  • Pub. Date: November 2008
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Sales Rank: 284,311

Synopsis

Now in it's eighth edition, the widely praised Penguin State of the World Atlas remains a unique visual survey of current events and global trends. Completely revised and updated, this 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.

Biography

Dan Smith is the director of the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) in Oslo, Norway. Founded in 1959, PRIO is an independent institute with an international staff and an outstanding reputation for its research as well as its efforts toward resolving armed conflicts.