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The Dictionary of Global Culture

The Dictionary of Global Culture

What Every American Needs to Know as We Enter the Next Century--from Diderot to Bo Diddley

by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Paperback
Publication Date: 29/12/1998

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"Consistently informative, lively, and accurate . . . a pathbreaking achievement." --The New York Times Book Review

s the world's axes of population, power, and commerce shift from North to South and from West to East, the old Eurocentric model of culture is giving way to a new global paradigm. This dictionary, which has been compiled by two of our most esteemed scholars, is the first work of its kind to devote equal emphasis to the cultural contributions of the non-Western world alongside those of Europe and North America.
Prepared by regional experts from five continents (including both scholars from other cultures and Western scholars of other cultures), the book's more than 1,200 entries include:
Chinua Achebe Aeschylus Bo Diddley Denis Diderot Martha Graham The Great Leap Forward Igbo Inanna Jainism Henry James John Milton Yukio Mishima Ramayana Raphael Francois Toussaint L'Ouverture Trail of Tears Zionism Zydeco
Vast in scope and lucidly written, The Dictionary of Global Culture is an indispensable reference for students, businesspeople, or anyone seeking a foothold in the civilization of the next millennium.

"Detailed, accurate and solid. . . . It contains much to interest and inform." --Baltimore Sun
ISBN:
9780679729853
9780679729853
Category:
Cultural studies
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
29-12-1998
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House USA Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
736
Dimensions (mm):
216x140x38mm
Weight:
0.87kg
Kwame Anthony Appiah

Kwame Anthony Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University and has been President of the PEN American Center. Grandson of a British Chancellor of the Exchequer and nephew of a Ghanaian king, he studied Philosophy at Cambridge University. He is author of seminal works on philosophy and culture, including In My Father's House, The Honor Code and the prize-winning Cosmopolitanism.

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