Article: Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990.(Review)

Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990, edited by Dieter Buse and Juergen Doerr. New York, Garland Publishing, 1998. 1iii, 1,158 pp. 2 volumes, $175.00.

It is striking that prior to 1998 there existed no reliable, English-language single-source reference on modern Germany. To be sure, there exist numerous English-language specialized lexica and companions which deal with aspects of modern German history, including John Sandford's Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture (New York, Routledge, 1999); Wolfgang Benz and Walter Pehle's Encyclopedia of German Resistance to the Nazi Movement (New York, Continuum, 1997); and Tim ...

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