People Around the World

by Mason, Antony

• ISBN13: 9780753454978
• ISBN10: 0753454971
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-15
• Publisher: Kingfisher Books

Summary

With more than 400 full-color photos and illustrations, this guide book takes readers around the globe to meet people of other cultures. Organized into eight chapters, this reference describes how people in other continents and geographical areas live, what they eat, what languages they speak, how they earn a living, and how they enjoy their leisure time. Includes a reference section, maps, and index.

Author Biography

Antony Mason is an experienced author and contributer to more than sixty informational titles for both children and adults. His books include Kingfigher's First Picture Atlas.

Table of Contents

Map of the World	p. 6
Introduction	p. 8
Arctic and Subarctic	p. 12
Map of the Arctic and Subarctic	p. 13
Arctic and Subarctic	p. 14
Facts and figures	p. 16
Europe	p. 17
Map of Europe	p. 18
Scandinavia and northern Europe	p. 20
The Baltic States	p. 24
The British Isles	p. 26
France	p. 30
Germany	p. 33
The Low Countries	p. 36
The Iberian Peninsula	p. 39
Italy and its neighbors	p. 42
Central Europe	p. 45
Eastern Europe	p. 51
Russia	p. 54
Facts and figures	p. 58
North America	p. 67
Map of North and Central America	p. 68
The United States of America	p. 69
Canada	p. 90
Mexico	p. 96
The Caribbean	p. 98
Central America	p. 102
Facts and figures	p. 108
South America	p. 113
Map of South America	p. 114
South America	p. 115
Brazil	p. 124
Facts and figures	p. 126
Africa	p. 129
Map of Africa	p. 130
Northern Africa	p. 131
Eastern Africa	p. 136
Western Africa	p. 140
Central Africa	p. 145
Southern Africa	p. 148
Facts and figures	p. 152
Asia	p. 161
Map of Asia	p. 162
Western and Southern Asia
The Middle East	p. 164
Central Asia	p. 170
India	p. 174
Pakistan	p. 179
The rest of southern Asia	p. 182
Facts and figures	p. 188
Eastern Asia
Mongolia	p. 193
China	p. 196
Taiwan	p. 201
Japan	p. 202
Korea	p. 206
Southeast Asia	p. 208
Facts and figures	p. 218
Australia and the Pacific	p. 223
Map of Australia and the Pacific	p. 224
Australia	p. 226
New Zealand	p. 234
Pacific Islands	p. 238
Facts and figures	p. 246
Index	p. 249
Acknowledgments	p. 256
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