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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About the authors

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.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Statesman's Yearbook 2004
Book Subtitle: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World
Editors: Barry Turner
Series Title: The Statesman's Yearbook
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271326
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-27132-6Published: 27 December 2016
Series ISSN: 0081-4601
Series E-ISSN: 2524-812X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 2112
Topics: Political Science, World History, Global and Transnational History, Economics, general, International Business, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Economic Geography

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