The 2017 annual register : world events 2016 /

The Annual Register is a complete and detailed chronicle of events from 1758 to the current day. As well as being a record of events, The Annual Register was originally conceived as a miscellany, reproducing state papers, reviewing important books, and featuring historical sketches, poetry, observat...

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Group Author: Lewis, D. S; Slater, Wendy
Published: ProQuest,
Publisher Address: Ann Arbor, Michigan :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 258th edition.
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Summary: The Annual Register is a complete and detailed chronicle of events from 1758 to the current day. As well as being a record of events, The Annual Register was originally conceived as a miscellany, reproducing state papers, reviewing important books, and featuring historical sketches, poetry, observations on natural history, and other essays, reproduced from books and periodicals.
Carrier Form: xxx, 573 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781615404896
1615404899
Index Number: D862
CLC: K153-54
Call Number: K153-54/A615/2016
Contents: Contributors -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Editors' notes -- The annual register archive: -- World events 1758-2016 -- Extracts from past volumes -- Preface to 258th volume -- I. Overview of the year -- II. Western and Southern Europe -- III. Central and Eastern Europe -- IV. The Americas and the Caribbean -- V. Middle East and North Africa -- VI. Equatorial Africa -- VII. Central and Southern Africa -- VIII. South Asia and Indian Ocean -- IX. South-East and East Asia -- X. Australasia and the Pacific -- XI. International organisations -- XII The international economy in 2016 -- XIII. The