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Globish : how the english language became the world's language / Robert McCrum.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.Description: viii, 331 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780393062557 (pbk.)
  • 0393062554 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9
LOC classification:
  • PE 1074.75 M478g 2010
Contents:
1. In the beginning: four invasions and a cultural revolution -- 2. Defeat into victory: the DNA of self-expression -- 3. 'Lighte Englisshe': medieval mass communications -- 4. Eating paper, drinking ink: Shakespeare and Co. -- 5. 'A whole country of English': re-inventing freedom & originality -- 6. 'Common hopes and common dreams': lighting out for the territory -- 7. 'The audacity of hope': from slavery to redemption -- 8. Rule Britannia!: how England became British -- 9. East, in a Western voice: the people's empire -- 10. 'At the top of the world': the imperial swam song -- 11. 'A willingness of the heart': the American century I -- 12. 'The unity of the English-speaking peoples': The American century -- 13. 'The world at your fingertips': from Google to Globish, 1989-2008 -- 14. One world, one dream: 'conquer English to make China strong' -- 15. Virtually running America: India, the Far East and beyond.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PE 1074.75 M478g 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000090224

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index.

1. In the beginning: four invasions and a cultural revolution -- 2. Defeat into victory: the DNA of self-expression -- 3. 'Lighte Englisshe': medieval mass communications -- 4. Eating paper, drinking ink: Shakespeare and Co. -- 5. 'A whole country of English': re-inventing freedom & originality -- 6. 'Common hopes and common dreams': lighting out for the territory -- 7. 'The audacity of hope': from slavery to redemption -- 8. Rule Britannia!: how England became British -- 9. East, in a Western voice: the people's empire -- 10. 'At the top of the world': the imperial swam song -- 11. 'A willingness of the heart': the American century I -- 12. 'The unity of the English-speaking peoples': The American century -- 13. 'The world at your fingertips': from Google to Globish, 1989-2008 -- 14. One world, one dream: 'conquer English to make China strong' -- 15. Virtually running America: India, the Far East and beyond.

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