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100 1 $aMcCrum, Robert.
245 10 $aGlobish :$bhow the English language became the world's language /$cRobert McCrum.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Co.,$c2010.
300 $axii, 331 pages ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-312) and index.
505 0 $aPART ONE. Founders. In the beginning : four invasions and a cultural revolution ; Defeat into victory : the DNA of self-expression ; 'Lighte Englisshe' : medieval mass communications ; Eating paper, drinking ink : Shakespeare & Co. -- PART TWO. Pioneers. 'A whole country of English' : re-inventing freedom and originality ; 'Common hopes and common dreams' : lighting out for the territory ; 'The audacity of hope' : from slavery to redemption -- PART THREE. Popularisers. Rule, Britannia! : how England became British ; East, in a Western voice : the People's Empire ; 'At the top of the world' : the imperial swan song -- PART FOUR. Modernisers. 'A willingness of the heart' : the American century I ; 'The unity of the English-speaking peoples' : the American century II ; 'The world at your fingertips' : from Google to Globish, 1989-2009 -- PART FIVE. Globalisers. One world, one dream : 'conquer English to make China strong' ; 'Virtually running America' : India, the Far East and beyond.
520 $aRobert McCrum, coauthor of the best-selling book and television series The Story of English, shows how the language of the Anglo-American imperium has become the world's lingua franca--From vendor description.
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