Summary

This nine-volume set covers each of the major world regions. As well as offering expert commentary on topics critical to the region as a whole, each volume provides a vast range of background material, statistics, directory information and analysis of the social, political and economic situation for each of the individual countries within that region.

Titles in the series: Africa South of the Sahara; Central and South-Eastern Europe; Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia; The Far East and Australasia; The Middle East and North Africa; South America, Central America and the Caribbean; South Asia; The USA and Canada; and Western Europe.