- Paperback: 1104 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (26 Nov 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333792254
- ISBN-13: 978-0333792254
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 4.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,155,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If you need your facts cold, plain and unadorned The World Today 2000 could be just what you've been looking for. While not as massive as The Statesman's Yearbook, which Barry Turner also edits, it gives you access to untold stuff you never knew you needed to know. Whether you have a professional requirement to know the number of dentists in Oman or the proportion of Mormons among the population of Kiribati, or merely a desire to be well informed (and that means really well informed) this is your book. The World Today 2000 provides a vast array of information clearly and succinctly--and cheaply. It is seriously good value.
Each nation is dealt with identically, with a historical introduction (which while brief is far from perfunctory) and sections giving the political, economic and social lowdown. None of the content is opinionated, so the facts stand by themselves; no need to neutralise someone else's point of view before using.
A book like this needs to be up-to-date and it generally is--for example, the results of the Scottish and Welsh elections of 1999 are included. Clearly though, not all countries are as easy to cover. Even so, there is very little older than 1995 (figures for cheese production in Niger are an exception, going back to 1993).
One warning; this is endlessly fascinating and extremely compulsive, so approach it with care. And, by the way: 152 dentists in Oman, 6 per cent Mormons in Kiribati, and 12,000 tonnes of cheese in Niger. --James Harris
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As part of the newly launched SYB FactBook series comes this concise edition of the well-established Statesman's Yearbook, brought 100% up-to-date for the consumer market and skilfully abridged to fit into an affordable, paperback edition.
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