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Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890
Cover of the first edition
AuthorPhilip Rees
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1990
Publication placeUnited States
Pages418
ISBN0-13-089301-3
OCLC22347303
920.009
LC ClassD412.6 .R39 1991

The Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 is a reference book by Philip Rees, on leading people in the various far right movements since 1890. It contains entries for what the author regards as "the 500 major figures on the radical right, extreme right, and revolutionary right from 1890 to the present" (publisher's blurb). It was published, as a 418-page hardcover, in New York by Simon & Schuster in 1990 (ISBN 0-13-089301-3).

In the introduction Rees discusses his criterion for inclusion in the book. He describes the extreme right as "opposed to parliamentary forms of democratic representation and hostile to pluralism."(xvii) Among those it covers are Argentinian nationalists, Mexican sinarquistas, American nativist demagogues, Brazilian Integralists, German National Socialists, Portuguese National Syndicalists, Spanish Falangists, and Belgian Rexists.

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Publication

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It was first published by Harvester Wheatsheaf in 1990, in a 418 page edition.[1] By 2000, it was out of print.[2] Jeffrey Kaplan cited this as a reason for the existence of his 2000 book the Encyclopedia of White Power, to fill a gap in the literature caused by its absence.[2]

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The book received a positive review from Andreas Sobisch in German Studies Review, who praised it as practical and informative. Sobisch did criticize the lack of clarity in the inclusion criteria, though said the task of defining the far right was perhaps "an inherently impossible task".[1] Jeffrey Kaplan noted it as tilted to more the European side of fascism, rather than the American side, and also fewer contemporary entries; he said that given when it had been published this was, however, understandable, though he noted in a shift towards American prominence in the far-right movement.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sobisch, Andreas (1992). "Review of Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890". German Studies Review. 15 (2): 436–437. doi:10.2307/1431222. ISSN 0149-7952. JSTOR 1431222.
  2. ^ a b c Kaplan, Jeffrey, ed. (2000). Encyclopedia of White Power: A Sourcebook on the Radical Racist Right. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press. p. xix. ISBN 978-0-7425-0340-3.
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