Atlas of Foreign Countries
Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Atlases
ISBN :
Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Atlases
ISBN :
Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 12,68 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Atlases
ISBN :
Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 11,61 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Atlases
ISBN :
Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 42,83 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Atlases
ISBN :
Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 14,76 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Atlases
ISBN :
Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 42,37 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Atlases
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Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,40 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Atlases
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Author : National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,49 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781426201363
Bursting with full-colour maps and graphics, this essential atlas provides in-depth geographical coverage as it highlights the dramatic cultural and economic changes now occurring in China. National Geographic's renowned cartographers ahve mapped the entire country - all its administrative regions and their cities, towns, and transportation networks - to create a complete and meticulously researched panorama of the world' sfasted growing economy and most populous nation. In addition to newly compiled political and physical maps, colourful thematic presentations post information on trade, energy, natural resources, environment, military strength, religion, ways of life, communications, and more. An exhaustive place-name index helps readers navigate to thousands of specific locations. State-of-the-art satellite imagery and mosaics - at the highest resolution ever published by National Geographic - reveal incredible variety and amazing details of China's sweepin physical landscapes. Ten major cities chosen from various regions throughout China receive close-up treatment, wiht maps laying out each metropolitan area and quick-read fact boxes listing local climate, time zone, population, and more. The profile of Beijing, the captial, pinpoints sites of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Also charted extensively is Shanghai, host of the 2010 World's Fair - China's first - expected to draw 70 million visitors. Since the nation's turn toward openness in the late 1970s, tourism has become a major growth industry in this land of bustling cities, spectacular vistas, ethnic diversity, and cultural and historical marvels. One of the 21 thematic topics focuses on tourism, with a map locating popular attractions such as the Great Wall, the Terra-cotta Warriors, Zhalong Nature Reserve, the Silk Road, the Imperial Palace, and Hong Kong's Star Ferry. A history section covers China's primary dynasties and then with a time line highlights the events of the twentieth century to the present. Charts, graphs, and photographs complete the visual coverage of China today, with expert commentaries adding insight on topics that range form teh workings of China's government to the lifestyles of its people to the global implications of its stunning emergence as a major player on the world scene.
Author : Gideon Defoe
Publisher : Europa Compass
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 2022-03-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781609457662
Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, fully illustrated atlas of 48 countries that, for ludicrous reasons, no longer exist. "Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They're all equally implausible once you get up close." Countries die. Sometimes it's murder, sometimes it's by accident, and sometimes it's because they were so ludicrous they didn't deserve to exist in the first place. Their causes of death range from the implausible ("jerky prices") to the unfortunate ("too evil") to the downright bizarre ("boredom"). The polite way of writing an obituary is: dwell on the good bits, gloss over the embarrassing stuff. This book refuses to do so, because these dead nations were so absurd that it's impossible to skip the embarrassing stuff. The 48 deceased nations in this book include: The Republic of Sonora, 1853-4 (cause of death: no one took it seriously) The Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace, 1851-64 (cause of death: an unreliable prophet) The Empire of Khwarezmia, a proud civilization of five million, 1212-20 (cause of death: a total lack of manners) The Ottawa City Hospital Maternity Ward, 19 January 1943 (cause of death: a birth)
Author : Laura Hostetler
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226354217
In Qing Colonial Enterprise, Laura Hostetler shows how Qing China (1636-1911) used cartography and ethnography to pursue its imperial ambitions. She argues that far from being on the periphery of developments in the early modern period, Qing China both participated in and helped shape the new emphasis on empirical scientific knowledge that was simultaneously transforming Europe—and its colonial empires—at the time. Although mapping in China is almost as old as Chinese civilization itself, the Qing insistence on accurate, to-scale maps of their territory was a new response to the difficulties of administering a vast and growing empire. Likewise, direct observation became increasingly important to Qing ethnographic writings, such as the illustrated manuscripts known as "Miao albums" (from which twenty color paintings are reproduced in this book). These were intended to educate Qing officials about various non-Han peoples so that they could govern these groups more effectively.Hostetler's groundbreaking account will interest anyone studying the history of the early modern period and colonialism.