The Statesman's Yearbook 2005: 141st Edition [Hardcover]

Barry Turner (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 14, 2004 | ISBN-10: 1403914818 | ISBN-13: 978-1403914811 | Edition: Revised

For one hundred and forty -one 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 2005 edition is fully updated and contains more information than ever before. A foldout color 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 you all of the information you need in one easily digestible single volume. It will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources, and is an essential annual purchase.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"One of the top 20 best reference sources of the millennium."--Library Journal

"The SYB remains an indispensable paper resource for reference librarians and others in need of quick, basic, accurate information."--American Reference Books Annual

"All you need to know about the population of various states and countries, officials, exports, constitutions, governments, diplomatic representatives, religion, finance, and basic histories."--The New York Times

"On the desert island of the imagination this title should certainly be up there with the Bible and Shakespeare."--Parliamentary Maritime Review

"A classic reference work."--Reference Reviews

"Perfect Companion."--The Times

"You need more than one of everything because no information in 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

About the Author

Barry Turner has worked as a journalist and broadcaster in the fields of politics, biography, travel and education, and is the author of over twenty books.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2096 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Revised edition (October 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403914818
• ISBN-13: 978-1403914811
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,011,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)