The Statesman's Yearbook Companion: The Leaders, Events and Cities of the World

ISBN-13: 9781349958382 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 1027 str.

Palgrave MacMillan

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic publisher for scholarship, research and professional learning. We have been publishing The Statesman’s Yearbook since 1864 and have secured its reputation as a leading global reference work. After over one hundred and fifty years of publication, we are keen to build on our flagship text with The Statesman’s Yearbook Companion, an invaluable addition to both The Statesman’s Yearbook family and to the monographs, journals, reference works and professional titles that Palgrave Macmillan provides both online and in print.

With a focus on humanities and social sciences, Palgrave Macmillan offers authors and readers the very best in academic content whilst also supporting the community with innovative new formats and tools.

Blurb

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