| Item Description: | "Gives in summary form a brief picture of every independent nation and of every major dependent people of the world. It discusses their land and its inhabitants; their history between the two great wars; their economic life and their economic relations with other countries; and it finally empasizes the salient factors which it is believed will determine the part each may play in the world of tomorrow."--introduction, page 6. "The research and preparation of the material were entrusted to Mr. William J. Blake [pseud.]"--Publisher's note. |