Scope
In its well-established,
standard, and popular format, this set incorporates every conceivable focus of
interest from holidays to health care, national anthems to gross national
product, natural resources, ethnic groups, voting age, performing arts,
provincial capitals, leaders of the past and present, native plants and animals,
and far more. Newly commissioned political and geophysical maps represent past
and present realities. The 11 volumes of this set examine more than 70 separate
countries, dependencies, and states of Sub-Saharan Africa and the nations of the
vast Indian and Pacific ocean regions, putting into perspective these important
centers of commerce, history, and
culture.
Index
Volume 11 contains:
Benefits
In one incomparably rich
and authoritative reference work find the detailed facts, the geographical and
historical context, and the visual resources needed to place the world and its
peoples in perspective.
