North America - Couverture souple

Nagle, Garrett

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0836859219 ISBN 13 : 9780836859218

Editeur : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2005

L'�dition de cet ISBN n'est malheureusement plus disponible.

North America - Correlated to the social studies curriculum - Maps, charts, and statistics - "Fact File" and "In Focus" boxes Full description

Les informations fournies dans la section � Synopsis � peuvent faire r�f�rence � une autre �dition de ce titre.

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur

This authoritative new series describes the history, landscape, culture, economy and people of this continent. This title is also packed full of fascinating facts, maps and statistics. A statistical compendium at the back provides a handy reference guide for key statistical data.

North America is a huge and spectacular continent containing many varied landscapes, from polar deserts to sub-tropical forests, coastal coral to mangroves and lofty mountain peaks to rolling grasslands. The vast continent contains the biggest freshwater lake in the world; boasts the world's largest island, Greenland; and the immense Mississippi and Missouri rivers carry water away from almost half of the continent. North America includes the world's only superpower, the United States, and so has a major influence on global affairs. In other parts of the continent such as Mexico, Haiti and Nicaragua, poverty is a major problem with people lacking jobs, access to water and having poorer education and health systems. Addressing these inequalities across the continent will be a major challenge for its future.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author, Dr Garrett Nagle, has written a number of geography textbooks and articles from primary school level to university level. His doctorate was at the University of Oxford, and he has taught in Oxford for the last twenty years, twelve of which were as Head of Geography.

Les informations fournies dans la section � A propos du livre � peuvent faire r�f�rence � une autre �dition de ce titre.