| Edition |
Completely rev. and updated, 3rd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (6924 entries) : 15 images, digital files. |
| Contents |
A-Z. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
In this fast-paced information age, how can Americans know what's really important and what's just a passing fashion? 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. With a considerably large number of entries, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy is that invaluable source. Wireless technology, Gene therapy, NAFTA. 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. The original entries have been fully revised to reflect recent changes in world history and politics, American literature, and, especially, science and technology. As E. D. Hirsch writes in the preface, "Community is built up of shared knowledge and values - the same shared knowledge that is taken for granted when we read a book or newspaper, and that is also taken for granted as part of the fabric that connects us to one another." |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Civilization -- Dictionaries.
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English language -- Dictionaries.
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United States -- Civilization -- Dictionaries.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kett, Joseph F.
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Trefil, James S., 1938-
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Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Cultural literacy. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 0618226478 9780618226474 (DLC) 2002027609 xix, 647 p. : ill., maps |
| ISBN |
9781849720724 (online) |
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9780618226474 (print) |
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0618226478 (print) |
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