The Concise Atlas offers the same comprehensive coverage as its parent ina conveniently sized, affordable package. The editors sought the advice ofeducators and librarians from across the nation in creating the Concise, so itcontains a host of easy-to-use and informative features perfect for students,including a user guide, helpful graphics on map projections, a subject index, aspecial 32-page U.S. map section, over sixty pages of world maps, and full-colorendpapers featuring 196 national flags.The new Fifth Edition includes an all-new sixteen-page U.S. statisticalsection as well as a new two-page map of the Southeast United States, fromAtlanta to Key West. As in the larger Atlas, the Concise now boasts the latestPhilip's vector digital lettering, the new administrative areas of Nigeria andPoland, and a thorough updating of the roads and rail lines on dozens ofmaps.