Atlas of African-American History


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A comprehensive history of African Americans, including culture, slavery, and civil rights.




Atlas of American History


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Maps illustrate important events and trends in American history, trace territorial expansion, and summarize election results, population growth, and military campaigns.




Atlas of American Military History


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From the Battle of Bunker Hill to the Battle of Midway




Atlas of Maritime History


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This unique volume contains 200 clearly drawn maps and 75 informative charts and graphs combined with an authoritative, concise text which provides a full description of maritime and naval history from the Peloponnesian War to the Falklands. Not confined to naval history, it covers such peaceful aspects of maritime affairs as voyages of discovery, trade routes, exploration, and colonial empires.







Atlas of the North American Indian


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Presents an illustrated reference that covers the history, culture and tribal distribution of North American Indians.




The Legal Atlas of the United States


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Provides a cartographic reference to law and legal issues, the legal system, and crime in the United States, covering such subjects as marriage, divorce, school prayer, and abortion.




The Atlas of the Crusades


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Maps, narrative, and contemporary accounts trace the history of Christian crusading in the East, the Mediterranean, Spain, Western Europe, and elsewhere




Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East


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Surveys the history and development of Mesopotamian and Near Eastern civilization, describing the cultural, technological, political, and economic achievements of the different peoples living there




Human Geography of the UK


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`Using up-to-date data, modern cartographic methods, and an approach that addresses students' everyday lives, Danny Dorling has produced an engaging introduction to the contemporary geography of the UK. It will be the focus of many lively discussions of patterns and trends’ - Ron Johnston, School of Geography, University of Bristol Using statistics from many sources in an engaging and accessible way, Human Geography of the UK is written from the perspective of a beginning undergraduate, it's objective is to define the key elements of population geography and show how they fit together. Highly visual – with maps and figures on every page – the text uses different data to describe the social landscape of the United Kingdom. Organized in ten short thematic chapters, explaining the nuts and bolts of population, including: birth, inequality; education; mobility; work; and mortality. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of UK in global context. Human Geography of the UK features practical exercises, and clear summaries in tables and specially drawn maps.