Description
Today's complex world challenges our understanding at many levels-from the evening news to a basic social studies class. In the home, especially, a reliable, multi-purpose reference work is needed, one that meets the needs of the entire family. With its maps, text, and statistical charts, Rand McNally's Contemporary World Atlas provides the framework necessary for knowledge at any age from child to adult.
• UP-TO-DATE REFERENCE MAPS OF THE WORLD AND U.S. STATES TABLES, CHARTS, FACTS
• INDEX
• SPECIAL SECTION-PHOTOS, TEXT, MAPS
REFERENCE MAPS Discover the sites of current events, trace international boundaries, and locate world and state capitals and points of interest. Ninety detailed, easy-to-read maps show every country and individual U.S. states.
TABLES, CHARTS, FACTS Here are hundreds of facts at your finger- tips-an indispensable aid in interpreting world events. Geographical data and political information describe languages and forms of government for each country; list populations for world nations and cities; give general information about the world and the United States; and more. A special table of more than 12,000 entries lists official census populations for United States cities, towns, and states.
