Synopses & Reviews
The 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.
Review
Praise for the 8th edition of
The Penguinandnbsp;State of the World Atlas:
andquot;The State of the World Atlas is something elseandmdash;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.andquot; andmdash;The New York Times
andquot;Unique and uniquely beautiful . . . A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes.andquot; andmdash;Los Angeles Times
andquot;A striking new approach to cartography . . . no-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books.andquot; andmdash;International Herald Tribune
andquot;Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from the international drugs industry to climate change.andquot; andmdash;Evening Standard
Review
Praise for the 8th edition of
The Penguinandnbsp;State of the World Atlas:
andquot;The State of the World Atlas is something elseandmdash;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.andquot; andmdash;The New York Times
andquot;Unique and uniquely beautiful . . . A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes.andquot; andmdash;Los Angeles Times
andquot;A striking new approach to cartography . . . no-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books.andquot; andmdash;International Herald Tribune
andquot;Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from the international drugs industry to climate change.andquot; andmdash;Evening Standard
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.
About the Author
Dan Smith is Secretary General of International Alert, based in London, and former Director of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO). In 2007-2011 he was Chairman of the UN Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group. In 2002 he was awarded an OBE. He is also author of The Atlas of War and Peace and The State of the Middle East.