The Statesman's Yearbook 2005: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World (Statesman's Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World) - Hardcover

"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"

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 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 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. Market 1: general reference; academic and public libraries; special libraries; school libraries; businesses; government departments and NGOs.