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100	1		_aMcCrum, Robert.
245	1	0	_aGlobish : _bhow the english language became the world's language / _cRobert McCrum.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Co., _c2010.
300			_aviii, 331 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xHistory.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xGlobalization.
938			_aBlackwell Book Service _bBBUS _nR5848866 _c$26.95
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