The Transformation of Political Culture: England and Germany in the late Eighteenth Century.

The twenty-two essays in The Transformation of Political Culture. England and Germany in the Late Eighteenth Century, ed. Eckhart Hellmuth (Oxford: Clarendon P., for German Historical Inst., London, 1990; pp. ix + 597. [pound]48) offer a number of important perspectives on change in the last four decades of the eighteenth century, but, with the exception of the editor's thoughtful and wide-ranging introductory chapter, and of occasional comments by contributors, such as Ulrich Im Hof in his essay on German associations and politics, there is little in the way of comparison between the two countries. It would be interesting, for example, to know about German equivalents to the …