The dictionary of global culture

Author(s)

• Appiah, Anthony
• Gates, Henry Louis
• Vazquez, Michael Colin

Bibliographic Information

The dictionary of global culture

edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; Michael Colin Vazquez, associate editor

（Penguin reference books）

Penguin Books, 1999

Note

Originally published: [New York] : A.A. Knopf, 1996

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This reference overview of global culture emphasizes the achievement of the non-Western world. Ranging from the Abakwa Society to zydeco music, it provides a survey of cultural subjects from all over the world. It includes over 1200 entries on writers, musicians, deities, rulers and philosophers

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Details

• NCID: BA41642476
• ISBN:
  • 0140513132
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 717 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 203.3
  • LCC : CB9
  • DC20 : 903
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Civilization -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : Culture -- Dictionaries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00337176