The Real State of America Atlas: Mapping the Myths and Truths of the United States - Couverture souple

"a visually stunning collection of 40 chapters that lays bare the condition of the modern US." --Times Higher Education

"The Real State of America Atlas is a visually stunning collection of 40 chapters that lays bare the condition of the modern US. Each chapter opens with a short textual overview, but the majority of space is given over to maps, graphs and diagrams that cover everything from home ownership and homelessness through religion and sport to climate change and the economy. It is not a conventional academic research text. Although its audience is not explicitly stated, it would work perfectly as a secondary-school resource and could attract a broad general readership. It is overwhelming in the weight of factual material it presents, yet clear and direct in its style. The authors - and certainly the designer, Isabelle Lewis, who receives a well-deserved acknowledgement - understand perfectly the persuasive power of maps and use it wonderfully effectively here.....It is refreshing to see such talented communicators reaching out beyond traditional academic audiences. They have important things to say, and for too long academia has neglected this wider duty. The Real State of America Atlas shows what can be achieved when the wider impacts of social research are taken seriously. It offers a visual hymn to the power of maps, geography and the endless fascination of a nation with which so much of the world has such an essential relationship." --Times Higher Education

Cynthia Enloe is a feminist writer, theorist, and professor, famous for her contributions to the field of feminist international relations. The International Feminist Journal of Politics has a Cynthia Enloe Award in her honor. She is the coauthor with Joni Seager of The Real State of America Atlas.

Joni Seager is an activist and scholar of feminist geography, gender and the environment, and global environmental policy. She is professor and former chair of the Global Studies Department at Bentley University in Boston, Massachusetts, and was dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada. She has consulted on several global gender and environmental policies with UNESCO and the United Nations Environment Programme. Her publications include The State of Women in the World Atlas, The Real State of America Atlas, and Carson’s Silent Spring.