Description
The world-famous, number one almanack resource for facts, figures and statistics relating to the UK and the world returns! Whitaker's 2021 contains a comprehensive explanation of every aspect of national and local government infrastructure in the UK, astronomical and tidal data for 2021, guides to UK law, education and taxation, overviews of the water, energy and transport industries, essential calendar information, chapters on royalty and peerage, complete results for each constituency from the last UK General Election and an up-to-date list of MPs, government departments and public bodies, directory listings of trade unions and professional bodies, sports results and records, reviews of the year 2019-20 - covering the arts, science and politics - and monthly summaries of the year's news. Whitaker's is also an excellent introduction to world politics with in-depth profiles of international organisations, the European Union and every country of the world. A totally unique combination of every aspect of UK infrastructure, current affairs, world politics, history, finance, astronomical data and reviews of the year, 'Whitaker's remains the most comprehensive compendium of information in the English language' (Jon Snow) and will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources.
Author: Whitaker's Almanack
Publisher: Rebellion
Published: 05/18/2021
Pages: 1184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9781781089781
ISBN10: 1781089787
BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Almanacs
- Political Science | Geopolitics
- Political Science | Reference
Author: Whitaker's Almanack
Publisher: Rebellion
Published: 05/18/2021
Pages: 1184
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9781781089781
ISBN10: 1781089787
BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Almanacs
- Political Science | Geopolitics
- Political Science | Reference
About the Author
Joseph Whitaker published the first edition of his Almanack on 23rd December 1868. Volume one was 370 pages long well received. Published by Whitaker's & Sons until 1997, it was then acquired by The Stationery Office until 2003, and then A & C Black, which later became a subsidiary of Bloomsbury Publishing in 2011. Rebellion Publishing Ltd. acquired Whitaker's in 2020.