Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0415263522, Paperback)

With over 1100 entries, written by an international group of some 150 contributors, this is the first encyclopedia ever to cover social, political and cultural life throughout the post-1945 German-speaking world. In over 1,100 entries written by an international team of over 150 contributors, this unique work encompasses the cultures of East, West and post-unification Germany, as well as Austria and Switzerland.

From the extensive overview articles of up to 2,000 words, to the shorter factual entries, the encyclopedia is thoroughly cross-referenced and includes useful further reading suggestions, along with a comprehensive index.

Subject areas covered: Architecture, Cultural Policy and Institutions, Economy, Education and Research, Fashion and Design, Film, Food and Drink, History, Intellectual Life, Language and National Identity, Literature, Mass Media and Publishing, Music, Peforming Arts, Political Life, Religion, Society, Sport and Leisure, Visual Arts, Writers.

Sample entries: advertising; Autobahn; Berlin Wall; Boom, Berlin Building; cabaret; drugs; Frankfurt Book Fair; Frisch, Max; Ganz, Bruno; garden gnomes; greens; Herzog, Werner; Klemperer, Otto; Love Parade; Mercedes-Benz; Neo-Nazism; prostitution; Richter, Karl; Schwarzenegger, Arnold; skinheads; television drama; Waldheim, Kurt; and much more.