The World Guide: An Alternative Reference to the Countries of Our Planet

By Third World Institute

Providing a wealth of information on the countries of the world from a refreshingly different perspective, the World Guide - now updated and expanded - draws on United Nations' and other data to offer facts, history and political and economic analysis, as well as information on the issues central to the people of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean. Includes: up-to-the-minute information on 240 countries; a full-colour fold-out global maps featuring world flags; 250 maps, 650 diagrams, 10,000 references and a full index; an easy-to-use format; and more!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0954049977
• ISBN13: 9780954049973
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxfam Pub
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 3.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.7" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A choice pick for libraries

This alternative reference to countries of the world provides the latest updated information on over two hundred forty countries, including global and national maps, illustrated graphs and statistics, and in-depth descriptions of important global issues ranging form education and economics to human welfare. The at-a-glance format of this information-packed reference makes it a choice pick for libraries seeking modern geographic...