A geographical encyclopedia of world place names contains alphabetized entries with detailed statistics on location, name pronunciation, topography, history, and economic and cultural points of interest.

New edition of a reference for home or school libraries providing up- to-date profiles of every nation, organized by continent, each with its own map; an essay describing the country's landscape, culture, history, and economy; and reference tables for important statistics. The maps themselves--both political and relief--are first rate. The abundantly illustrated introductory section provides an integrated look at many aspects of world geography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The New World History is a comprehensive volume of essays selected to enrich world history teaching and scholarship in this rapidly expanding field. The forty-four articles in this book take stock of the history, evolving literature, and current trajectories of new world history. These essays, together with the editorsÕ introductions to thematic chapters, encourage educators and students to reflect critically on the development of the field and to explore concepts, approaches, and insights valuable to their own work. The selections are organized in ten chapters that survey the history of the movement, the seminal ideas of founding thinkers and todayÕs practitioners, changing concepts of world historical space and time, comparative methods, environmental history, the Òbig historyÓ movement, globalization, debates over the meaning of Western power, and ongoing questions about the intellectual premises and assumptions that have shaped the field.

American national trade bibliography.