Britain 1990 [antikvár]

IntroductionBritain 1990 is the forty-first official handbook in the series; it has been prepared by the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The handbook is widely known as an established work of reference and is the mainstay of the reference facilities provided by British information services in many countries. It is sold by Her Majesty's Stationery Office throughout the world.Britain 1990 describes many features in the life of the country, including the workings of the Government and other major institutions. It does not attempt an analytical approach to current events.Care should be taken when studying British statistics to note whether they refer to England, to England and Wales (considered together for many administrative and other purposes), to Great Britain, which comprises England, Wales and Scotland, or to the United Kingdom (which is the same as Britain, that is, Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as a whole.The factual and statistical information in Britain 1990 is compiled with the co-operation of other government departments and agencies, and of many other organisations. Sources of more detailed and more topical information (including statistics) are mentioned in the text and a guide to official sources is given in Appendix 2.The text, generally, is based on information available up to August/ September 1989.