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Colombia
Professor Charles F Gritzner
Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Nov. 1, 2011)The only country in South America to border the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Colombia is the continent's fourth-largest country and has the second-largest population behind Brazil. The country's terrain is also one of the most physically diverse in South America, with snowcapped volcanoes, swampy marshes, tropical savannahs, and lush rain forests dotting its landscape. Its people are of European, African, and Native American descent, and both the Spanish language and Catholic religion bring these diverse groups together. Colombia takes students on an in-depth journey through this geographically and ethnically varied nation. Handsomely illustrated with full-color photographs and peppered with maps and concise facts at a glance and history at a glance features, this book is a comprehensive exploration of the people, culture, history, geography, environment, economy, and government of Colombia.
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Kazakhstan
Zoran Pavlovic, Professor Charles F Gritzner
Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, March 1, 2003)These information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture
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Ukraine
Catherine W Cooper, Zoran Pavlovic
Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Sept. 1, 2006)In turn ruled by the Golden Horde in the 13th century, the Grand Principality of Lithuania and Poland, then Russia and the Soviet Union, Ukraine's people strive to reclaim their identity. With a full-color format, essential facts and history at a glance, bibliography, and other study features, this work offers an introduction to this nation.
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The Baltics
John F. Grabowski
Hardcover (Lucent, Oct. 31, 2000)Discusses the economic, political, and social challenges the Baltic republics continue to face since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and describes the culture and daily life of the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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China
Gary T Whiteford, Christopher L Salter
Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, April 1, 2010)Home to the world's oldest continuous civilization and largest population, China has been a communist country since the end of World War II. But since the late 1970s, the country has experienced profound social, economic, and political change. Its rapidly developing market economy stands as the second largest in the world after the United States, and hundreds of millions of its citizens have been lifted out of poverty. This rapid growth has resulted in an emerging middle class whose spending power has redefined the Chinese market. After 30 years of economic liberalization, what were once luxuries--dining out with friends, vacations, and multiple cars--are now seen as rights by the younger Chinese, some of whom are calling for increased freedoms from the communist government. In this new edition of China, learn how the economic changes have started to inspire change in other areas of Chinese life and culture. This revised edition covers recent events, such as the Beijing Olympics, the May 2008 earthquake that killed an estimated 80,000 citizens, and the first spacewalk by a Chinese astronaut.
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Modern Nations of the World - Taiwan
Robert Green
Library Binding (Lucent Books, Sept. 1, 2000)Severed from Mainland China at the end of the Chinese Civil War and officially unrecognized by most countries, the island nation of Taiwan thrives as a vibrant democracy and an economic powerhouse while still struggling to come to some political arrangement with the Chinese motherland.
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Poland
Laurel Corona
Library Binding (Lucent Books, May 1, 2000)A discussion of Poland including its history, struggle for sovereignty, Nazi and Communist rule, cultural heritage, and modern day life.
