Name: The Dictionary of Global Culture
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Author: Kwame Anthony Appiah
ISBN: 9780679729853

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Publisher

Vintage

Year

1998

Language

English

Pages

736

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.5 x 14.2 x 4.6 cm

Weight

0.95 kg.

ISBN13

9780679729853

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Dictionary of Global Culture "

Reference/World History "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, François 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

Kwame Anthony Appiah

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Kwame Anthony Appiah is an Anglo-Ghanaian philosopher, specialized in cultural and literary studies on African and African-American subjects. He is currently a professor at Princeton University.

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