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Praise for previous editions:
“The State of the World Atlas is something else – an occasion
of wit and an act of subversion…These are the bad dreams
of the modern world, given color and shape and submitted
to a grid that can be grasped instantaneously.”
New York Times
“Unique and uniquely beautiful...a discerning eye for
data and a flair for the most sophisticated techniques of
stylized graphic design; the atlas succeeds in displaying the
geopolitical subtleties of global affairs in a series of dazzling
color plates…tells us more about the world today than a
dozen statistical abstracts or scholarly tomes.”
Los Angeles Times
“Coupled with an unusual non-distorting map projection and
a series of brilliant cartographic devices, this gives a positively
dazzling set of maps. It deserves to be widely used.”
New Society
“A super book that will not only sit on your shelf begging
to be used, but will also be a good read. To call this book an
atlas is like calling Calvados, applejack – it may be roughly
accurate but it conveys nothing of the richness and flavour of
the thing. Its inventive brilliance deserves enormous rewards.”
New Scientist
“A striking new approach to cartography...no-one wishing
to keep a grip on the reality of the world should be without
these books.”
International Herald Tribune
“Outspoken cataloguing of global oppressions and inequities,
painstakingly sourced.”
Independent on Sunday
“Packed with fascinating facts and figures on everything from
the international drugs industry to climate change.”
Evening Standard
“A political reference book which manages to translate hard,
boring statistics into often shocking visual statements...
required reading.”
NME
NINTH EDITION
Completely revised & updated
DAN SMITH
New Internationalist
This State of the World ninth edition first published in 2013
by New Internationalist
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Designed by Isabelle Lewis and Corinne Pearlman
Maps and graphics by Isabelle Lewis
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A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the
British Library.
ISBN: 978-1-78026-121-8
Printed and bound in Hong Kong on paper produced from sustainable sources
by Lion Production under the supervision of Bob Cassels, The Hanway Press, London
Contents
About the author INTRODUCTION The problem with maps Acknowledgements
