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The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought

By (author) Alan Bullock, By (author) Stephen Trombley





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A fully revised and updated edition of this unique, well-established, classic work of reference and companion to all fields of modern thought. First published in Fontana paperback in 1977; second revised edition published in Fontana paperback in 1988; the third substantially revised edition made its first ever appearance in hardback in 1999. The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought has been continuously in print in earlier editions for more than twenty years. The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought contains some 4000 entries by 326 expert contributors. Nearly 1000 entries are entirely new; and most of those that survive from the previous (1988) edition have been substantially revised or newly written for this edition. Areas which have been expanded include computing, identity politics and environmental studies, and there are new entries on God, communitarianism, perestroika, new world order, afrocentricity, ebonics, third wave feminism, hypertext, virtual reality, culture jamming, cloning, post-colonialism, fuzzy logic, artificial life, paper architecture, infopreneur...

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Normally shipped | Enquiries only
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 3 Jul 2000
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 960
Dimensions | 234 x 153 x 46mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 1242g
ISBN | 978-0-0068-6383-0
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BISAC | biography & autobiography / sports


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