The annual register : world events 2008 / edited by D. S. Lewis ; deputy editor, Wendy Slater.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, D. S.

Slater, Wendy.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Series:

Annual Register

Annual Register ; v.250

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Periodicals.

History.

World history--Periodicals.

World history.

History, Modern--21st century--Periodicals.

History, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (708 p.)

Edition:

Two hundred fiftieth edition.

Place of Publication:

Bethesda, Maryland ; Cambridge, England : ProQuest, 2009.

Summary:

Now in its 250th year of publication, The Annual Register analyzes and interprets the year's major events, developments, and trends throughout the world--providing an essential guide to the meaning behind today's headlines.

Contents:

""THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2008.""; ""THE ANNUAL REGISTER WORLD EVENTS 2008""; ""CONTENTS""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""FOREWORD TO 250TH ANNIVERSARY VOLUME OF THE ANNUAL REGISTER""; ""ENDORSEMENTS OF THE ANNUAL REGISTER BY ITS NOMINATING INSTITUTIONS""; ""EXTRACTS FROM PAST VOLUMES""; ""PREFACE""; ""I. THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 2008.""; ""THE ANNUAL REGISTER 250TH EDITION: A PERSONAL HISTORY""; ""THE ANNUAL REGISTER 300TH EDITION: A PERSONAL FUTURE""; ""2008: THE YEAR IN REVIEW""; ""II. WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE""; ""UNITED KINGDOM""; ""SCOTLAND""

""WALES""""NORTHERN IRELAND""; ""REPUBLIC OF IRELAND""; ""GERMANY""; ""FRANCE""; ""ITALY""; ""BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, AND LUXEMBOURG""; ""NORDIC COUNTRIES""; ""AUSTRIA""; ""SWITZERLAND""; ""EUROPEAN MINI-STATES""; ""SPAIN""; ""GIBRALTAR""; ""PORTUGAL""; ""MALTA""; ""GREECE""; ""CYPRUS""; ""TURKEY""; ""III. CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE""; ""POLAND""; ""ESTONIA�LATVIA�LITHUANIA""; ""CZECH REPUBLIC""; ""SLOVAKIA""; ""HUNGARY""; ""MAIN GAS PIPELINES IN EUROPE ""; ""ROMANIA""; ""BULGARIA""; ""ALBANIA""; ""MACEDONIA""; ""KOSOVO""; ""KOSOVO: MAIN ETHNIC DIVISIONS""; ""SERBIA""; ""MONTENEGRO""

""BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA""""CROATIA""; ""SLOVENIA""; ""RUSSIA""; ""BELARUS�UKRAINE�MOLDOVA""; ""ARMENIA�GEORGIA�AZERBAIJAN""; ""GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT, AUGUST 2008""; ""IV. THE AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN""; ""UNITED STATES OF AMERICA""; ""US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION""; ""HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION""; ""SENATORIAL AFFILIATIONS AND SENATE ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 2008""; ""GUBERNATORIAL AFFILATIONS AND GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS, NOVEMBER 2008""; ""CANADA""; ""MEXICO""; ""CENTRAL AMERICA""; ""CUBA, JAMAICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI""; ""WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS""

""BARBADOS, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE BAHAMAS""""GUYANA, BELIZE, AND SURINAME""; ""UK OVERSEAS TERRITORIES""; ""NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA""; ""US DEPENDENCIES""; ""BRAZIL""; ""ARGENTINA""; ""PARAGUAY�URUGUAY�CHILE�PERU�BOLIVIA�ECUADOR-COLOMBIA�VENEZUELA""; ""V MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA""; ""ISRAEL""; ""PALESTINE""; ""EGYPT""; ""JORDAN""; ""SYRIA""; ""LEBANON""; ""IRAQ""; ""SAUDI ARABIA""; ""YEMEN""; ""ARAB STATES OF THE GULF""; ""SUDAN""; ""LIBYA""; ""TUNISIA""; ""ALGERIA""; ""MOROCCO""; ""WESTERN SAHARA""; ""VI. EQUATORIAL AFRICA""

""MOZAMBIQUE""

Notes:

"First edited in 1758 by Edmund Burke."

"Colophon from 1758 volume."

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 07, 2014).

ISBN:

9781615402311

1615402314

OCLC:

923337013