The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.New content for the 2012 edition includes: chapter on ...

A definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.It includes: over 1,500 pages of authoritative articles,...

This book offers a semiotically informed ethnographic study of contemporary culture in Rajasthan and in India generally. It adapts the methodology of analyzing cultures found in Roland Barthes' sem...

"What emerges as common features of these cities mark their unique contribution to an understanding of cosmopolitanism as ideal and practice, raising crucial questions about who is or can be cosmop...

Patterns of Middle Class Consumption in India and China explores the complex history and sociology of the middle class from a comparative perspective. It has papers written by sociologists, anthrop...

Ecotourism and adventure tours offer unique tourism opportunities in the Antarctic Are you prepared to make the most of them?Tourism in the Antarctic analyzes tourism activities in the most remote...

In recent years the tremendous growth of the service sector--including international trade in services--has outstripped that of manufacturing in many industrialized nations. As the importance of se...

Europa's Regional Surveys of the World Set 2014 is a timely and authoritative reference source, vast in its scope. The set consists of nine volumes, covering all the world regions, from South Asia ...

A definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic and directory data.It includesover 1,500 pages of economic and demographic statistics, wide-ranging...

Since 1976, newcomers and natives alike have learned about the rich history of the magnificent place they call home from Colorado: A History of the Centennial State. In the fifth edition, coauthors...

A definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic and directory data.It includes: over 1,500 pages of economic and demographic statistics, wide-rangi...

The Far East and Australasia 2012 is a survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific Islands. It is essential reading for anyone with a profe...

The Far East and Australasia 2011 presents: a systematic survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with a survey of 22 Pacific Islandsessential for anyon...

"Finally, a spending issue Democrats and Republicans can agree upon: Atlas of Florida is a great buy "--Lawton Chiles, Governor of the State of Florida"The new Atlas of Florida skillfully chronicle...

Now in its fifty-fourth edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geo-political and economic information for this important world area. The volume covers: the Middle East and Nor...