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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.
If you want to get behind the headlines and understand the world – from urbanization to globalization, terrorism to tourism, military spending to human rights – this classic atlas is unmatched.
is Secretary General of International Alert and former Director of the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO). 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. See: www.dansmithsblog.com
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.
A super book that will not only sit on your shelf begging to be used, but will also be a good read. To call this book an atlas is like calling Calvados, applejack – it may be roughly accurate but it conveys nothing of the richness and flavour of the thing. Its inventive brilliance deserves enormous rewards.
Unique and uniquely beautiful...A single map here tells us more about the world today than a dozen abstracts or scholarly tomes.
A striking new approach to cartography...no-one wishing to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without these books.
Outspoken cataloguing of global oppressions and inequities, painstakingly sourced.
Very lively and beautifully produced – one of the definite must-buys of books reviewed this year.
Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from the international drugs industry to climate change.
An indispensable survey of current events and social trends that makes understanding the vast array of data both possible and pleasurable. Buy this book!
A political reference book which manages to translate hard, boring statistics into often shocking visual statements... required reading.
