-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Routledge Atlas of the World's Languages, 2ed Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:03:48 +0100 From: Giles Darkes <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Dear Angie, Your query on the Atlas has been forwarded to me, and I reply as the Cartographic Editor of the new edition of the atlas, working on behalf of Routledge. Obviously, you could say I’m biased, but I do genuinely believe that it’s worth acquiring the new edition! All maps have been revised, some very considerably so. For example, the entire North American section consists of completely new maps – seven maps show the linguistic situation at the time of European contact, and two (smaller scale maps) summarising the current situation showing the distribution of native American languages as well as the principal European languages shown in America. The N American contributors include Ives Goddard of the Smithsonian, Lyle Campbell, Victor Golla, Bill Bright and others – all leading authorities on North American languages. The maps for both southern Asia and South-East Asia have been substantially updated. For example, Taiwan showed about five languages in the first edition, and in the second edition merits a new, half-page map with 19 languages on it. Even areas which show relatively little change – and I’m thinking of Europe - have also undergone revision and checking, and dialectical information has been added or revised where it was missing before. The cartography has been revised and improved throughout, with a number of new additional maps (e.g. the ligua francas of Africa, spread of Chinese in SE Asia) incorporated in the texts which explain each section. All accompanying text has been updated, and in some cases completely rewritten, incorporating revised speaker-number information, along with new sources. It’s also up to date, and I am working on a final number of language inclusions as I write (including two new one from China). The classification of languages has also been updated to take into account recent scholarship. So, all in all, even though the basic layout of the atlas is similar to the 1ed, it should be seen as a new publication. I hope this clarifies the situation. Do e-mail me if you need any more information. Since the book has not yet gone to press, it won’t be available for review just yet. Best wishes Giles Darkes On behalf of Routledge / Taylor & Francis “Has anyone ordered the 2nd edition Routledge atlas of world languages? At $700 - I'd like to know if there are really that many differences between the 1st and 2nd editions. Is anyone able to speak to this issue?? Thanks. Angie” -- .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._ Angie Cope American Geographical Society Library UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/index.html Hours: M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] (414)229-6282 / (800)558-8993 (US TOLL FREE) / (414)229-3624 (FAX) .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._