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Britannica Book of the Year 1978

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During the period 1938-2018 Encyclopædia Britannica published annually a "Book of the Year" covering the past year's events to be considered as a supplement to the Britannica encyclopedia. A given edition of the "Book of the Year" is named in terms of the year of its publication, though the edition actually covers the events of the previous year.

Author(s): Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Year: 1978

Language: English

Cover
Title
Foreword
Contents
Feature Articles
HUMAN RIGHTS -- THE U.S. INITIATIVE
TOWARD A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER
THE NEW NATIONALISM: CONFLICTS AND HOPES
MANAGING THE WORLD'S OCEANS
NOR ANY DROP TO DRINK
PETRODOLLARS AND SOCIAL CHANGE
A NEW ALTERNATIVE IN THE ENERGY CRISIS
THE CASE FOR METRICATION
Chronology of Events, 1977
Unusual But Noteworthy Events of 1977
People of the Year
Biographies
Nobel Prizes
Obituaries
Articles from the 1978 Printing of the Britannica
SOUTHERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
NOVOSIBIRSK
Special Reports
Australia: The Australian Uranium Debate
Baseball: The First Year of the Free Agents
Canada: The Case for Quebec
Cuba: Sixteen Years Later
Defense: The Politics of SALT II
Earth Sciences: Moving Closer to Earthquake Predictions
Economy, World: The Third World Looks to Its Own
Education: Why College?
Food Processing: Too Many Watchdogs?
Law: America's Litigious Society
Life Sciences: DNA Research and the Law
Literature: Children's Literature in the Seventies
Mathematics: Answering Rota's Question
Prisons and Penology: Changing Attitudes toward Criminals
Race Relations: Give It Back to the Indians
Religion: The Modern Martyrs
United States: The Sunbelt Surge
Veterinary Science: A Vasectomy for Rover
BOOK OF THE YEAR 1977
AERIAL SPORTS
ALGERIA
ART EXHIBITIONS
BASEBALL
CANADA
CONSUMERISM
DANCE
DENMARK
EARTH SCIENCES
ECUADOR
ENERGY
EUROPEAN UNITY
FRANCE
GYMNASTICS
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
KOREA
LIFE SCIENCES
LITERATURE
MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS
MOZAMBIQUE
PHILATELY
QATAR
RODEO
SPACE EXPLORATION
TELEVISION AND RADIO
TRANSPORTATION
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES
ZOOS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS
Contributors
INDEX
A
B
C
D-E
F
G
H
I
J-K
L-M
N-O
P
Q-R
S
T
U
V
W-X-Y-Z