Dictionary of Contemporary Germany

A series of dictionaries on the contemporary milieu of the world's most important countries. The <em>Contemporary</em> <em>Country Dictionary</em> series are not tourist guides--though tourists with a serious interest in countries they are visiting will find them of great help in learning more about these societies. <p/> These alphabetical reference guides have been compiled to give up-to-date information on all aspects of each country--explanations of terms that are outside the scope of a standard dictionary or encyclopedia--including acronyms political and legal institutions cultural phenomena social welfare programs industrial concerns media literary and political personalities and much more. <p/> Each <em>Dictionary</em> has been compiled by two people--a native of the individual country and an English-speaking collaborator from either Great Britain or the United States. Readers are thus assured of authoritative information that is rendered in terms comprehensible to English-language readers. The <em>Dictionaries</em> will prove invaluable to researchers librarians and students.