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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338020303321

Titolo

The Statesman's Yearbook Companion : The Leaders, Events and Cities of the World / / edited by Palgrave Macmillan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9781349958399

1349958395

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 illus., 21 illus. in color. eReference.)

Disciplina

909.820922

Soggetti

Political science

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- About The Statesman's Yearbook -- About the Editor -- Credits -- International Past Leaders' Profiles -- Political Figureheads' Profiles -- Profiles of Major Cities Around the World -- Political, Economic and Social Country Factsheets -- Chronologies -- Topical Essays (2007-16) -- Edited Extracts of Palgrave Publications -- Palgrave Titles Presented by their Authors -- Infographics Commemorating Significant Historical Anniversaries -- The Statesman's Yearbook History -- Reviews of The Statesman's Yearbook.

Sommario/riassunto

This companion to the classic reference work The Statesman's Yearbook provides detailed biographies of past leaders and figureheads not found in the annual publication, and also includes comprehensive chronologies of natural disasters and key political events, as well as overviews of major global cities. In addition to facts and figures, the publication also includes infographics commemorating the anniversaries of key historical events as well as a number of synopses of relevant and related publications. Alongside The Statesman's Yearbook, The Statesman's Yearbook Companion continues to provide accurate and reliable information about politics, culture and the world. Contains detailed accounts of past leaders and key political figures Includes profiles of major cities Contains infographics and chronologies never before seen in the print edition of The Statesman's Yearbook



Contains a selection of short synopses of related publications.