Schwartzberg, Joseph E., A Historical Atlas of South Asia,2nd impression, with additional material. New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. A classic atlas of South Asian history, this second impression (following the original impression, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1978) again makes available a work of importance to India scholars. Embracing a period from the Old Stone Age to 1975, Schwartzberg (geography, Univ. of Minnesota) provides over 200 plates covering mainly India but also to varying degrees Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Burma. Each map is beautifully drawn, contains ample descriptive information, and is further accompanied by a historically accurate descriptive text. The atlas is composed of 14 well-balanced sections addressing South Asia's political, cultural, economic, and demographic aspects. Each section also contains a bibliography of works carefully chosen to support the study of each topic. The second impression includes 20 pages of "Addenda and Corrigenda" to the 1978 impression, along with some additional bibliographic entries and the updating of the end-cover chronologies. Schwartzberg indicates his desire to redraw and update certain obsolete plates, presenting substantive arguments. In conclusion, it is fair to recommend this cartographic classic to any appropriate library not possessing the earlier impression. However, neither the new materials nor the significance of the listed corrections demand its acquisition if the first is in hand.
- John F. Riddick, Central Michigan Univ. Lib., Mt. Pleasant
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- John F. Riddick, Central Michigan Univ. Lib., Mt. Pleasant
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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