Statesman's Yearbook 2004: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World (Statesman's Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World)

Statesman's Yearbook 2004: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World (Statesman's Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World)

by Barry Turner (Editor)

Synopsis

For one hundred and forty years, The Statesman's Yearbook has been relied upon to provide accurate and comprehensive information on the current political, economic and social status of every country in the world. The appointment of the new editor - only the seventh in the book's history - brought enhancements to the 1998-99 edition and these have been continued since then. The 2004 edition is fully updated and contains more information than ever before. A foldout colour section provides a political world map and flags for the one hundred and ninety two countries of the world. - In an endlessly changing world, the annual publication of The Statesman's Yearbook gives all the information you need in one easily digestible single volume. It will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources, and it is an essential annual purchase.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 2112
Edition: Revised
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 11 Jul 2003

ISBN 10: 0333980972
ISBN 13: 9780333980972
Book Overview: Barry Turner is the author of A Place in the Country , And the Policeman Smiled and the co-author of When Daddy Came Home - How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945 .

Media Reviews
Reviews of previous editions: Perfect companion. -- The Times You need more than one of everything because no information is value-free--except perhaps in [Palgrave's] annual The Statesman's Yearbook...a masterpiece of pure quantification. -- Daily Telegraph (Victoria Glendinning's choice of Top Reference Book) The book should be in every office which is concerned with world trade and, indeed, in every school which produces the future traders. It is an essential tool of all global thinking. -- The Geographical Magazine Long a staple of reference collections ... provides unbiased political, social and economic background on the countries of the world. -- Distinguished Classics of Reference Publishing
Author Bio
BARRY TURNER is the seventh editor in the 140-year history of The Statesman's Yearbook. He has a PhD in Political History and has been a full-time writer for 30 years. He has worked as a journalist and broadcaster in the field of politics, biography, travel and education, and is the author of over 20 books including the best-selling A Place in the Country, which became a television series, ...And the Policeman Smiled, the story of ten thousand refugee children who escaped to Britain just before the war, and (co-authored) When Daddy Came Home - How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945. He is a regular contributor to The Times as a book reviewer and serialiser, and is the editor of the annual Writer's Handbook.