If the world were a village
Subtitle: a book about the world's people
By: written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong
Contributors: Armstrong, Shelagh, 1961-
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781550747799
Subjects: Géographie humaine; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Juvenile literature; Human ecology; Weltbevölkerung; Human geography; Population
Description: Tells us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, what languages we speak, what religions we practice and more by imagining the whole world is a village of 100 people.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 32).
Table of contents: title: Welcome to the global village; title: Nationalities; title: Languages; title: Ages; title: Religions; title: Food; title: Air and water; title: Schooling and literacy; title: Money and possessions; title: Electricity; title: Village in the past; title: Village in the future; title: Teaching children about the global village; title: Note on sources and how the calculations were made.