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The new dictionary of cultural literacy
By Kett, Joseph F. & Hirsch, E. D. & Trefil, James S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-61822-647-4
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2002
Initially published in 1988 and revised in 1993, this book is given an exciting update whose 6900 entries include 1000 revised entries and 500 new ones, 200 of which are in science and technology alone. Given the book's aim to define "common cultural knowledge rather than to present a lexicon of words or topics," a revision was sorely needed; when the second ed...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
