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020 _a9781845335236
040 _erda
050 _a HN 18.3
_b.Sn14 2009
245 0 _aSnapshot :
_bthe visual almanac for our world today /
_ccommissioning editors, Jon Asbury, Peter Taylor ; produced for Mitchell Beazley by CIRCA and Heritage Editorial.
264 _aLondon :;New York :
_bMitchell Beazley ;;distributed by Octopus Books USA,
_c2009
300 _a224 pages :
_bcolor illustrations
_c28 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes index.
505 _a Advertising
505 _a Aging
505 _a Arms
505 _a Biodiversity
505 _a Built environment -- pt. 2: Society. Health
505 _a Communications
505 _a Corruption -- pt. 3: The state. Voting
505 _a Crime and punishment
505 _a Debt
505 _a Disasters
505 _a Drugs
505 _a Education
505 _a Fair trade
505 _a Food
505 _a Globalization
505 _a Government
505 _a Megacities
505 _a New tech
505 _a Organized crime -- pt. 5: Technology. Energy
505 _a Policing freedom
505 _a Population
505 _a pt. 1: The environment. Climate change
505 _a Race
505 _a Refugees
505 _a Religion
505 _a Resources
505 _a Sex and society
505 _a Surveillance
505 _a Terrorism -- pt. 4: Finance and commerce. Money
505 _a The Internet
505 _a The press
505 _a Trafficking
505 _a Transport
505 _a War
505 _a Water
505 _a Wealth
505 _a Work
520 _a "Snapshot" is a new generation of illustrated reference book that uses cleverly conceived graphics to explain the facts behind today's big issues, while also spotting trends hiding beneath the surface and presenting them in an easily-understandable, new and highly-illustrated way. In exploring trends, "Snapshot" explains not just how the world works today, but also how things might work tomorrow.
650 _aAlmanacs
_932362
650 _aHistory, Modern
_931092
650 _aSocial history
_941988
700 _aAsbury, Jon.
_9126568
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