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20th Century Culture - A Biographical Companion (Over 2,000 Men and Women Who Contributed to Modern Culture and Thought)
20th Century Culture A Biographical Companion - Over 2,000 Men and Women Who Contributed to Modern Culture and Thought Author:Alan Bullock Designed to fill a significant gap in one-volume reference books, Twentieth-Century Culture is an indispensable source of information about some two thousand men and women who have contributed to every aspect of modern thought and culture, from architecture to zoology. The scope of the book includes literature, music, and the visual and performi... more »ng arts, as well as philosophy, religion, mathematics, psychology, the full range of the humanities, and the natural and social sciences. The aim of the book is to provide both a concise biography of each figure and a brief but lucid summary of his or her life work and how it relates to other contemporary thinkers, artists, and cultural movements.« less