Abstract
THE new issue of this valuable work of reference has again been thoroughly revised in the light of official statistical publications. Many annual returns for 1930 are included, and in some respects the revision is even later. Mention is made of the change of political status in Spain. The year was one of census enumeration in several countries, and new figures are included for the United States, Hungary, Norway, Switzerland, and several other countries. The introductory tables record world production of coal, oil, iron, steel, and some other commodities.An extension of these tables is one of the few improvements that it is possible to suggest. Two coloured maps show respectively the administrative divisions of Yugoslavia and the status of South American boundaries, with the areas that are still in dispute. A welcome feature of this year-book is the small bulk, which is retained from year to year.
The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1931.
Dr.
M.
Epstein
. Sixty-eighth Annual Publication, revised after Official Returns. Pp. xxxiv + 1462. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1931.) 20s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 127, 969 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127969b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/127969b0