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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 more than six thousand

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. Cultural icons that have stood

the test of time (Odysseus, Leaves of Grass, Cleopatra, the Taj

Mahal, D-Day) appear alongside entries on such varied concerns as

cryptography, the digital divide, the European Union, Kwanzaa,

pheromones, SPAM, Type A and Type B personalities, Web browsers,

and much, much more. As our world becomes more global and

interconnected, it grows smaller through the terms and touchstones

that unite us. 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." A delicious concoction of

information for anyone who wants to be in the know, The New

Dictionary of Cultural Literacy brilliantly confirms once again

that it is "an excellent piece of work . . . stimulating and

enlightening" (New York Times) -- the most definitive and

comprehensive family sourcebook of its kind.

Preface

Introduction to the First Edition

The Theory Behind the Dictionary:

Cultural Literacy and Education

How to Use This Dictionary

The Bible

Mythology and Folklore

Proverbs

Idioms

World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion

Literature in English

Conventions of Written English

Fine Arts

World History to 155o

World History since 155o

 American History to 1865

American History since 1865 

World Politics

American Politics

World Geography

American Geography

Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology

Business and Economics

Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Earth Sciences

Life Sciences

Medicine and Health

Technology

Photo and Illustration Credits

Index

　　~E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the Linden Kent Memorial Professor of

English at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and the

author of Cultural Literacy, The First Dictionary of Cultural

Literacy, and The Core Knowledge Series. Dr. Hirsch is a fellow of

the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a senior

fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is

president of the Core Knowledge Foundation, a nonprofit

organization devoted to educational reform.Joseph F. Kett,

Commonwealth Professor of History at the University of Virginia,

received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His works include The

Formation of the American Medical Profession: The Role of

Institutions, 1780-1860 (1968), Rites of Passage: Adolescence in

America, 1790-Present (1977), The Pursuit of Knowledge under

Difficulties: From Self-Improvement to Adult Education in America,

1750-1990 (1994), and The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

(2002), of which he is coauthor. A former history department chair

at Virginia, he also has participated on the Panel on Youth of the

President's Science Advisory Committee, has served on the Board of

Editors of the History of Education Quarterly, and is a past member

of the Council of the American Studies Association.James Trefil,

the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason

University, is the author or coauthor of more than thirty books,

including The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. He is a fellow

of the World Economic Forum and serves on the advisory board for

Astronomy.~

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