The Statesman's Yearbook

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The Statesman's Yearbook
Statesman's Year-Book 1921.djvu
Statesman's Year-Book 1921
Original title
The Statesman's Yearbook: A Statistical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised World for the Year ____.
Country Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Language English
Discipline Reference work: World history and politics
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Published1864 (1864)-present
No. of books160 (as of 2024) [1]
OCLC 1011810563
Website link.springer.com/series/15683

The Statesman's Yearbook is a one-volume reference book published annually since 1864 providing information on the countries of the world. It is published by Palgrave Macmillan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

History

Railway map of Africa, including tracks proposed and under construction, The Statesman's Yearbook, 1899. Map of railways in Africa 1899.jpg
Railway map of Africa, including tracks proposed and under construction, The Statesman's Yearbook, 1899.

In the middle of the nineteenth century, the British Prime Minister Robert Peel [5] suggested to Alexander Macmillan [ citation needed ] (of the family publishing house) the publication of “a handbook presenting in a compact shape a picture of the actual conditions, political and social of the various states in the civilised world.” [5]

The first volume was published for 1864. [5] Frederick Martin was its foundational editor, and presided over the book for twenty years, [5] [6] [7] [8] during which time it became established as a leading reference work. [5]

According to Steinberg in 1866, the words Martin used in the preface of the first issue of the Statesman's Year-Book still applied to every volume a century later: "The great aim has been to insure an absolute correctness of the multiplicity of facts and figures given in the Statesman's Year-Book. For this purpose, none but official documents have been consulted in the first instance, and only when these failed or were manifestly imperfect, recourse has been had to authoritative books and influential newspapers, magazines and other reliable information." [5] [6]

His successor, well-known Scottish journalist John Scott Keltie, took over in 1883. [5] [7] [8] A talented author, editor and scholar and a passionate geographer, he introduced the insertion of thumbnail maps of each country and large political world maps.[ citation needed ] The cartographic illustration of networks of communication began in 1899 when two maps displayed the railways, navigable waters and telegraphic lines of Africa. [5]

After Scott-Keltie's death in 1927, [9] his sometime co-editor Mortimer Epstein took over and edited the work for over twenty years including, [5] [10] [11] remarkably, during World War II when the book continued to be published yearly, despite the rationing of paper.[ citation needed ]

Epstein died in 1946, [5] and his successor Henry Steinberg [5] [12] [13] was faced with the challenge of producing a new Statesman's Yearbook for an ever-changing world, as new countries came into being and others ceased to exist. His passion for the task, sharp mind and amiable nature meant that The Statesman’s Yearbook swiftly adapted to the new world order.[ citation needed ]

Steinberg continued as Editor until 1969 when his assistant, John Paxton, took over. Brian Hunter edited between 1990 and 1997 and Barry Turner took over in 1997.

List of editors

Current edition

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References

  1. 1 2 The Statesman's Yearbook (ISSN: 0081-4601). Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Curry, Donald C. (Winter 1962). "Reviewed Work(s): The Statesman's Yearbook, 1961-1962 by S. H. Steinberg". The Middle East Journal . 16 (1): 110. JSTOR   4323457.
  3. ↑ Gallimore, Nicole (1990). "Reviewed Work(s): The Statesman's Yearbook 1989-90. by John Paxton". International Affairs. 66 (3 (Jul., 1990)): 650. doi:10.2307/2623201. JSTOR   2623201.
  4. ↑ Hastings, C. H. (June 1899). "Reviewed Work(s): The Statesman's Yearbook: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1899 by J. Scott Keltie and I. P. A. Renwick". Journal of Political Economy . 7 (3): 418–419. doi:10.1086/250606. JSTOR   1819209.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Steinberg, S. H. (July 1966). "Statesman's Year-Book: Martin to Epstein". The Journal of Library History. 1 (4): 153–166. JSTOR   25539985.
  6. 1 2 3 Martin, Frederick, ed. (1965). The Statesman's Year-Book: A Statistical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised Word for the Year 1864. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230252936. ISBN   978-0-230-25293-6. ISSN   0081-4601.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Martin, Frederick, ed. (1982). The Statesman's Year-Book: A Statistical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised Word for the Year 1882. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   978-0-230-25311-7. ISSN   0081-4601.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Scott-Keltie, J., ed. (1983). The Statesman's Year-Book: A Statistical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised Word for the Year 1883. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230253124. ISBN   978-0-230-25312-4. ISSN   0081-4601.
  9. ↑ Hugh Robert Mill (1927). "Obituary: Sir John Scott Keltie". The Geographical Journal. 69 (3): 281–284.
  10. 1 2 Scott-Keltie, J.; Epstein, M., eds. (1926). The Statesman's Year-Book: A Statistical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised Word for the Year 1926. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230270558. ISBN   978-0-230-27055-8. ISSN   0081-4601.
  11. 1 2 Epstein, M., ed. (1927). The Statesman's Year-Book: A Statistical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised Word for the Year 1927. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230270565. ISBN   978-0-230-27056-5. ISSN   0081-4601.
  12. 1 2 3 Epstein, M., ed. (1946). The Statesman's Year-Book: A Statistical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised Word for the Year 1946. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230270756. ISBN   978-0-230-27075-6. ISSN   0081-4601.
  13. 1 2 3 Steinberg, S. H., ed. (1947). The Statesman's Year-Book: A Statistical, Genealogical, and Historical Account of the States and Sovereigns of the Civilised Word for the Year 1947. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230270763. ISBN   978-0-230-27076-3. ISSN   0081-4601.
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