Describing the events and advances of knowledge in 1991, this volume includes a feature on Korea and special reports on the Gulf War, banks in crisis, the US drought, Jewish-Christian relations, the decline of the one-party state in Africa, the Kurds, "political correctness" and privatization in Latin America. A Britannica update section reproduces important, recently revised Encyclopaedia Britannica articles and gives a bibliography of recent books. The volume also includes Britannica World Data, which provides statistics on 185 countries and also gives comparative social, economic and financial data under 24 headings. Please send orders from North America to Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc, Britannica Centre, 310 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60604.