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The new dictionary of cultural literacy E.D. Hirsch Jr., Joseph F. Kett, James Trefil.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin, 2002 2012.)Edition: Completely rev. and updated, 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (6924 entries) : 15 images, digital filesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Other title:
  • Cultural literacy
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 973/.03 21
LOC classification:
  • E169.1 .H614 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
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Abstract: 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."
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Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online E169.1 .H614 2002 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 519191

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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."

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