Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know. 2nd Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395655978 ISBN 13: 9780395655979

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1993

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Synopsis:

Reflecting the suggestions of readers and the growing American consensus on the importance of multiculturalism, this reference work on cultural literacy has been revised and updated with new information throughout, with particular emphasis on world history, geography, science and technology. New entries cover topics such as the Harlem renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Sacajawea, the Black Panthers, the Pueblos, Ralph Bunche, the AME Church, Chief Joseph, the Iran-Contra affair, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the conflicts in Somalia and Yugoslavia, the superconducting supercollider, the unified field theory, AZT and virtual reality.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0395655978
• ISBN 13: 9780395655979
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Hirsch E. D., Etc.