The modern British Commonwealth, linking fifty countries around the world in voluntary association, cooperation, and consultation, is a unique body in world history. The area of its member countries covers a third of the globe and collectively their peoples represent a quarter of the world's total population. Though essentially different from the British Empire from which it originated, the Commonwealth shares many common historical ties with Britain. Patricia M. Larby and Harry Hannam have assembled an unrivaled body of literature to illustrate the growth of the Empire into the Commonwealth. This extensive bibliography identifies, lists, and annotates the most important publications on the development and growth of the Commonwealth; its present status and functions; and its role in education, literature, sport, and the arts and sciences. It includes its historical origins: its cooperation in economics, politics, and international issues such as the environment; and its many spheres of professional activity including medicine, law, and architecture. Strong emphasis is placed on the role of the English language in the Commonwealth and as a medium for creative literature in many disparate cultures worldwide. The Commonwealth appears at a time when this unique organization is on the threshold of a new era in its history. The proposals emerging from the 1991 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting include statements on democracy and human rights; environmental affairs; and global concerns such as international crime, drug abuse, and AIDS. No previous comprehensive bibliography of the Commonwealth exists, and this volume fills a long-standing gap in the bibliographical coverage. It will be an essential reference source for libraries and scholars involved in Commonwealth studies and will be of particular interest to historians, political scientists, economists, and educators.

This lucid guide meets the need, so often expressed in the 1990s, for an up-to-date assessment of the contemporary Commonwealth. It has a succinct section on its historical background and gives more attention than any previous works to symbols and to the 'People's Commonwealth' of voluntary organizations, sports and business. It highlights critical questions of balance that have emerged between the relative roles of governments and official agencies, voluntary associations, and private business.

Includes proceedings of business meetings, conferences, etc.

Contains essential bibliographic and access information on serials published throughout the world.

This book entitled Information Technology Its Application on the SSI Sector is compilation of research papers presented in a UGC sponsored seminar organised at Cardamom Planters Association College Bodinayakanur (Madurai Kamaraj University) under the Directorship of Dr. S. Maria John, Reader in Commerce C.P.A. College Bodinayakanur. The seminar was organised mainly to focus the role of IT and its applications. Accordingly research papers were received from the faculty members of different universities and Colleges on different aspects of IT such as E-Commerce, E-Banking, Application of IT in the development of Entrepreneurship, especially SSI sector. As the contents of the articles were highly informative and are expected to be useful to the general public, research scholars, students and fellow faculty, all such articles are compiled in the form of a book. This publication is mainly intended as part of the effort in creating awareness among the readers about the need for applying IT in different walks of life.