What's What and Who's Who in Europe

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WHAT'S WHAT AND WHO'S WHO IN
EUROPE
The preeminent fact book on people, places, organizations, events, and terms across Europe
HARRY DROST
Who is Queen Beatrix? In what country, and in what year, was the Solidarity movement born? Where was Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz born? When was the treaty of Rome signed? What is meant by finlandization? How many people live in the Faroe Islands?
These are just a few of the thousands of names, places, groups, and terms that are an integral part of today's rapidly changing Europe - facts that any serious student of this volatile continent will want to have readily at hand.
What's What and Who's Who in Europe provides vital, quick-access information in a brand new edition with more than 4,500 concise entries.
Arranged alphabetically and extensively cross-referenced, this indispensable reference enables readers to quickly find the answers they need to a uniquely broad range of current political, economic, social,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

WHAT'S WHAT AND WHO'S WHO IN
EUROPE
The preeminent fact book on people, places, organizations, events, and terms across Europe
HARRY DROST
Who is Queen Beatrix? In what country, and in what year, was the Solidarity movement born? Where was Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz born? When was the treaty of Rome signed? What is meant by finlandization? How many people live in the Faroe Islands?
These are just a few of the thousands of names, places, groups, and terms that are an integral part of today's rapidly changing Europe - facts that any serious student of this volatile continent will want to have readily at hand.
What's What and Who's Who in Europe provides vital, quick-access information in a brand new edition with more than 4,500 concise entries.
Arranged alphabetically and extensively cross-referenced, this indispensable reference enables readers to quickly find the answers they need to a uniquely broad range of current political, economic, social, geographic, and demographic questions. It taps authoritative reference resources on European and international affairs, major news digests, and leading periodicals and newspapers to provide detailed coverage of:
• prominent political, social, economic, industrial, and trade leaders.
• more than 40 major countries and territories - from Albania to Yugoslavia.
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• major regions and subregions, and noteworthy geographical features, places, buildings, and sites.
• ethnic, linguistic, religious, and other key groups.
• political, economic, and social organizations.
• major news events, including political and economic agreements.
• important terms, acronyms, titles, symbols, and other data.
With many nations moving toward a more closely knit community and others splintering into ancient factions in the aftermath of the Cold War, it's become more important than ever to gain firm knowledge of this continent's central players, places, terms, and events. IVhat's What and Who's Who in Europe provides journalists, academics, researchers, business people, and students - anyone with an interest in foreign affairs-with clear, concise, objective information that can help them achieve a greater understanding of this vital center of world history.
About the author
Harry Drost is a writer, researcher, and translator on current affairs. He has contributed to the Political and Economic Encyclopaedia of Western Europe as well as other titles and edited The World's News Media. Mr. Drost has an M.A. in Intellectual History from the University of Sussex. He currently resides in London.
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