Author: John Logan Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
McGraw-Hill's Atlas of World Events goes beyond the "where" of today's world to offer a vivid, in-depth picture of the current state of the planet and human civilization.
McGraw Hill's Atlas of World Events
Author: John Logan Allen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
McGraw-Hill's Atlas of World Events goes beyond the "where" of today's world to offer a vivid, in-depth picture of the current state of the planet and human civilization.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
McGraw-Hill's Atlas of World Events goes beyond the "where" of today's world to offer a vivid, in-depth picture of the current state of the planet and human civilization.
The New Atlas of World History
Atlas of World History
Author: Rand McNally and Company
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780528837807
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Presents maps which depict historical events and their impact on human development, from the beginnings of civilization to the population of the United States in 1990
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780528837807
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Presents maps which depict historical events and their impact on human development, from the beginnings of civilization to the population of the United States in 1990
Turning Points Ii' 2007 Ed.
Author:
Publisher: Rex Bookstore, Inc.
ISBN: 9789712345395
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher: Rex Bookstore, Inc.
ISBN: 9789712345395
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Historical Atlas
Author: Millenium House (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921209239
Category : Historical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
HISTORICAL ATLAS presents the significant events in the history of the world to date. Follow the major historical events and global trends of each era as the course of history unfolds. Filled with fresh and exciting text and superb mapping and images, each page is a visual and intellectual feast. Take a look at events through history, compare cultures, retrace journeys, follow conquerors, discover how the borders and peoples of today came about. Detailed maps, informative sidebars and timelines, and stunning images combine to present a comprehensive look at the world through time.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921209239
Category : Historical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
HISTORICAL ATLAS presents the significant events in the history of the world to date. Follow the major historical events and global trends of each era as the course of history unfolds. Filled with fresh and exciting text and superb mapping and images, each page is a visual and intellectual feast. Take a look at events through history, compare cultures, retrace journeys, follow conquerors, discover how the borders and peoples of today came about. Detailed maps, informative sidebars and timelines, and stunning images combine to present a comprehensive look at the world through time.
Current Events World Atlas
Author: Rand McNally and Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Atlas of World Hunger
Author: Thomas J. Bassett
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226039080
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Earlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be “making sure that people are able to get enough to eat.” The United States spends about five billion dollars on food aid and related programs each year, but still, both domestically and internationally, millions of people are hungry. In 2006, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations counted 850 million hungry people worldwide, but as food prices soared, an additional 100 million or more who were vulnerable succumbed to food insecurity. If hunger were simply a matter of food production, no one would go without. There is more than enough food produced annually to provide every living person with a healthy diet, yet so many suffer from food shortages, unsafe water, and malnutrition every year. That’s because hunger is a complex political, economic, and ecological phenomenon. The interplay of these forces produces a geography of hunger that Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson illuminate in this empowering book. The Atlas of World Hunger uses a conceptual framework informed by geography and agricultural economics to present a hunger index that combines food availability, household access, and nutritional outcomes into a single tool—one that delivers a fuller understanding of the scope of global hunger, its underlying mechanisms, and the ways in which the goals for ending hunger can be achieved. The first depiction of the geography of hunger worldwide, the Atlas will be an important resource for teachers, students, and anyone else interested in understanding the geography and causes of hunger. This knowledge, the authors argue, is a critical first step toward eliminating unnecessary suffering in a world of plenty.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226039080
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Earlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be “making sure that people are able to get enough to eat.” The United States spends about five billion dollars on food aid and related programs each year, but still, both domestically and internationally, millions of people are hungry. In 2006, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations counted 850 million hungry people worldwide, but as food prices soared, an additional 100 million or more who were vulnerable succumbed to food insecurity. If hunger were simply a matter of food production, no one would go without. There is more than enough food produced annually to provide every living person with a healthy diet, yet so many suffer from food shortages, unsafe water, and malnutrition every year. That’s because hunger is a complex political, economic, and ecological phenomenon. The interplay of these forces produces a geography of hunger that Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson illuminate in this empowering book. The Atlas of World Hunger uses a conceptual framework informed by geography and agricultural economics to present a hunger index that combines food availability, household access, and nutritional outcomes into a single tool—one that delivers a fuller understanding of the scope of global hunger, its underlying mechanisms, and the ways in which the goals for ending hunger can be achieved. The first depiction of the geography of hunger worldwide, the Atlas will be an important resource for teachers, students, and anyone else interested in understanding the geography and causes of hunger. This knowledge, the authors argue, is a critical first step toward eliminating unnecessary suffering in a world of plenty.
Philip's Atlas of World History
Author: Patrick Karl O'Brien
Publisher: Philip's
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Philip's Atlas of World History presents the entire story of civilisation in its physical setting, from man's earliest beginnings to the latest political developments of the twentieth century. It is specially designed to help the reader visualise the great historical themes and turning points of the past, combining maps which graphically depict the scope of these events with text explaining key historical themes and contexts.The book is divided into five sections, each of which contains an introduction which highlights the main themes of the period and outlines its key trends and developments: 1. The Ancient World (human origins to AD500) 2. The Medieval World (500 - 1500) 3. The Early Modern World (c.1500 - 1770) 4. An Age of Revolutions (c.1770 - 1914) 5. The Twentieth Century (from 1914)These five sections contain a total of 135 double-page spreads, each of which portrays key developments in a world region over a specific period of time.Each spread features brand-new, highly-informative colour maps created by Philip's renowned cartographers, together with complementary text which discusses and explains the larger historical, political, geographical, cultural, social and religious themes behind each topic. The book also contains a wealth of additional historical information, including a detailed 22-page time chart, a 20-page gazetteer of historical places, concise biographies of significant figures and an extensive 20-page indexSuccessfully combining history and geography, Philip's Atlas of World History gives the reader a fascinating, accessible and visually-exciting picture of historical events and their impact on the world we live in today.Main map scale:
Publisher: Philip's
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Philip's Atlas of World History presents the entire story of civilisation in its physical setting, from man's earliest beginnings to the latest political developments of the twentieth century. It is specially designed to help the reader visualise the great historical themes and turning points of the past, combining maps which graphically depict the scope of these events with text explaining key historical themes and contexts.The book is divided into five sections, each of which contains an introduction which highlights the main themes of the period and outlines its key trends and developments: 1. The Ancient World (human origins to AD500) 2. The Medieval World (500 - 1500) 3. The Early Modern World (c.1500 - 1770) 4. An Age of Revolutions (c.1770 - 1914) 5. The Twentieth Century (from 1914)These five sections contain a total of 135 double-page spreads, each of which portrays key developments in a world region over a specific period of time.Each spread features brand-new, highly-informative colour maps created by Philip's renowned cartographers, together with complementary text which discusses and explains the larger historical, political, geographical, cultural, social and religious themes behind each topic. The book also contains a wealth of additional historical information, including a detailed 22-page time chart, a 20-page gazetteer of historical places, concise biographies of significant figures and an extensive 20-page indexSuccessfully combining history and geography, Philip's Atlas of World History gives the reader a fascinating, accessible and visually-exciting picture of historical events and their impact on the world we live in today.Main map scale:
The McGraw-Hill Pictorial Atlas of the World
Author: Jack Tresidder
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780070544550
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Maps are accompanied by information on the history, government, population, industries, agriculture, climate, and geography of each country
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780070544550
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Maps are accompanied by information on the history, government, population, industries, agriculture, climate, and geography of each country
History of the World in Maps
Author: Times Atlases
Publisher: Times Books
ISBN: 9780007588244
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps the world has rapidly evolved and cartography has kept pace with these changes. Over 60 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world.Every map tells a story and this book tells the story of the world. Including many famous cartographic pieces along with some not so well known, see countries come and go and empires rise and fall. Maps included are: - Babylonian clay tablet, c. 600 BC - Ptoloemaic World Map, 1482 - The Hereford Mappa Mundi, c. 1290 - Waldseemuller World Map, 1507 - William Blaeu World Map, 1630 - Red-line map of North America, 1782 - Political map of the World, 1914 - Times Survey Atlas of the World, 1922 - World Powers, 1957 - The World at the millennium, 2000 Compiled by the team responsible for producing The Times Atlas of the World. Collins Bartholomew has been in the business of map production for over 175 years and has a worldwide reputation for providing a high quality custom and digital mapping service to a variety of markets, as well as delivering an extensive list of published products for its own parent, HarperCollins Publishers.
Publisher: Times Books
ISBN: 9780007588244
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
From Babylonian tablets to Google Maps the world has rapidly evolved and cartography has kept pace with these changes. Over 60 maps give a visual representation of the history of the world.Every map tells a story and this book tells the story of the world. Including many famous cartographic pieces along with some not so well known, see countries come and go and empires rise and fall. Maps included are: - Babylonian clay tablet, c. 600 BC - Ptoloemaic World Map, 1482 - The Hereford Mappa Mundi, c. 1290 - Waldseemuller World Map, 1507 - William Blaeu World Map, 1630 - Red-line map of North America, 1782 - Political map of the World, 1914 - Times Survey Atlas of the World, 1922 - World Powers, 1957 - The World at the millennium, 2000 Compiled by the team responsible for producing The Times Atlas of the World. Collins Bartholomew has been in the business of map production for over 175 years and has a worldwide reputation for providing a high quality custom and digital mapping service to a variety of markets, as well as delivering an extensive list of published products for its own parent, HarperCollins Publishers.