The Dictionary of Global Culture: What Every American Needs to Know as We Enter the Next Century--from Diderot to Bo Diddley

Reference/World History . Consistently informative lively and accurate . . . a pathbreaking achievement.                 --The New York Times Book Review . s the worlds axes of population power and commerce shift from North to South and from West to East the old Eurocentric model of culture is giving way to a new global paradigm. This dictionary which has been compiled by two of our most esteemed scholars is the first work of its kind to devote equal emphasis to the cultural contributions of the non-Western world alongside those of Europe and North America.           Prepared by regional experts from five continents (including both scholars from other cultures and Western scholars of other cultures) the books more than 1200 entries include: Chinua Achebe  ¸  Aeschylus  ¸  Bo Diddley   ¸  Denis Diderot   ¸  Martha Graham  ¸  The Great Leap Forward  ¸  Igbo  ¸  Inanna  ¸  Jainism  ¸  Henry James  ¸  John Milton  ¸  Yukio Mishima  ¸  Ramayana  ¸  Raphael  ¸  François Toussaint LOuverture  ¸  Trail of Tears  ¸  Zionism  ¸  Zydeco   Vast in scope and lucidly written The Dictionary of Global Culture is an indispensable reference for students businesspeople or anyone seeking a foothold in the civilization of the next millennium. . Detailed accurate and solid. . . . It contains much to interest and inform.                                                       --Baltimore Sun