Rainforests of the world : a reference handbook / Kathlyn Gay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gay, Kathlyn.

Series:

Contemporary world issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rain forest ecology.

Rain forests.

Rain forest conservation.

Deforestation--Environmental aspects--Tropics.

Deforestation.

Deforestation--Environmental aspects.

Tropics.

Physical Description:

xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2001]

Summary:

Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores -- topic by topic -- the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21"st" century.

24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world.

Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.

Contents:

Problems, controversies, and solutions

Chronology

People and events

Data and documents

Directory of organizations

Selected print and nonprint resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1576074242

OCLC:

46928869