The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Trefil JamesPevná vazba
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Trefil JamesPevná vazba In this fast-paced information age, how can Americans know what's really important and what's just a passing fashion? With more than…
Specifikacia The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Trefil JamesPevná vazba
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy Trefil JamesPevná vazba
In this fast-paced information age, how can Americans know what's really important and what's just a passing fashion? With more than six thousand entries, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy is that invaluable source.Wireless technology. Now more than ever, we need a source that concisely sums up the knowledge that matters to Americans -- the people, places, ideas, and events that shape our cultural conversation.
In addition to the thousands of terms described in the original Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, here are more than five hundred new entries to bring Americans' bank of essential knowledge up to date. Gene therapy. NAFTA. The original entries have been fully revised to reflect recent changes in world history and politics, American literature, and, especially, science and technology.
Cultural icons that have stood the test of time (Odysseus, Leaves of Grass, Cleopatra,