Pages: 2816
Publisher: Facts on File, Inc.; 2 edition (September 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0816063079
ISBN-13: 978-0816063079
Encyclopedia of the World s Nations and Cultures provides concise and objective descriptions of the dominant political, economic, social, and cultural systems of the countries of the world. The encyclopedia features country-by-country surveys in 40 separate categories, as well as maps, tables, charts, and lists that are linked with narrative accounts of each nation's peoples, history, government, society, and culture.
About the Author
George Thomas Kurian is a longtime packager of reference books who has published works with Facts On File, along with many other publishers. He is president of the International Encyclopedia Society.
