TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCrum,Robert
TI  - Globish: how the english language became the world's language 
SN  - 9780393062557 (pbk.)
AV  - PE 1074.75 M478g 2010
U1  - 420.9 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Co.
KW  - English language
KW  - History
KW  - Globalization
N1  - 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
ER  -