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Book reviews of:

Frey, Christopher (Bearb.) / Atze, Marcel. Die Bibliothek der Deutschen Sozialisten, Cleveland / Ohio. Kommentierter Katalog des historischen Buchbestandes. Mit einem Essay von Marcel Atze: Ein Rückblick aus dem Jahr 2001 ? eine wiederentdeckte Arbeiterbibliothek in ihrem zeitgenössischen Kontext (= Katalog 10). Wien, Inlibris, 2001.

Libraries & Culture 39:2 (2004), S. 179/203

Edward A. Goedeken, "The Literature of American Library History, 2001-2002".

[...] From another direction we can remember that once upon a time workers' libraries were common throughout the eastern part of this country, but our knowledge of their collections is rather limited. Thus, the publication of the annotated catalog of a nineteenth-century German Socialist library located in Cleveland, Ohio, provides a unique window into the reading habits of this fascinating segment of American society. [...]

Christopher Frey, ed., Die Bibliothek der deutschen Sozialisten, Cleveland/Ohio (Vienna: Antiquariat Inlibris, 2001)

Edward A. Goedeken