Download or read book The Statesman's Year-Book 1997-8 written by B. Hunter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 1746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely respected as an authoritative and accessible reference work. The Statesman's Year-Book provides up-to-date world facts about every country in the world - constitution and government, international relations, industry, agriculture, trade and social issues. Known as a 'people, events and statistics' work, this year's edition includes accounts of the latest development in trouble-spots such as Israel and Northern Ireland, and records all recent election results.