New State of the World Atlas

by Michael Kidron, Ronald Segal

Maps provide information on recent history, religion, the media, health care, arms deals, drugs, refugees, and more

Genres: Reference, Politics, Geography, Economics, History, Nonfiction, Maps

159 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1984

Reviews

[Kevin Keating]

This would've bene great if the maps weren't dated to 1985. Too much has changed, but it is still valuable to see what kind of data would be great if updated.

[Amy]

A series of maps showing things like: border disputes, energy use, food security, gap between the rich and the poor, access to drinking water, legal status of abortion, popular participation in government, state censorship, drug trade, trade union membership, extinction...worldwide. Pretty interesting, I wish there was a current version. I like this part in the acknowledgements, "Then there are the knowledge curators, the librarians, without whose general ethos and generous help worksliek this would not be possible..."

[Inggita]

i'm a big fan of the series - it's a visual guide to the world's statistics from distribution of food, arms, and money. but the problem is we always have to get the new one every year.

[Janusz]

something like this on a current scale could perhaps be cobbled together across the internet; i've yet to hear of such an endeavor, but it would be well worth finding out about.