Geography means wider worlds
Maps: the language of geography
The geography behind landscape
Doing something about the weather
Boundaries: neighbors good and bad
People, people everywhere
Russia's failing federation
The coming challenge of China
A United States of Europe?
Shaping the new world order
Appendices: Nations in the world, UN member states, and US diplomatic relations, as of Nov. 1, 1994 ; Area and demographic data for the world's states ; Earth's extremes ; The ten largest lakes ; The ten deepest lakes ; The ten largest seas ; The ten largest islands ; The ten longest rivers ; The ten greatest waterfalls (volume of water) ; The ten highest mountains ; The highest elevations by continent ; The ten largest deserts ; The coldest cities ; The hottest cities ; The wettest cities ; The driest cities ; Outstanding U.S. geographic facts.