World Cultural Leaders of the Twentieth Century [2 Volumes]
Auteur : Jennifer L. Durham, Jennifer Durham Bass
Date de publication : 2000-08-03
Éditeur : Bloomsbury Academic
Nombre de pages : 916
Résumé du livre
An expansive two volume set that covers 450 worldwide cultural icons, World Cultural Leaders of the Twentieth Century includes each person's works, achievements, and professional careers in a thorough essay.
It's here! A handy two volume set that makes it easy to look up 450 worldwide cultural icons: novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, sculptors, architects, dancers, choreographers, actors, directors, filmmakers, singers, composers, and musicians. World Cultural Leaders of the Twentieth Century provides entries (many of them illustrated) covering the person's works, achievements, and professional career in a thorough essay and offers interesting facts and statistics.
Entries are fully cross-referenced so that readers can learn how various individuals influenced others. A thorough general index completes the coverage.
Detailed, cross referenced biographical information allows readers to learn how various individuals influenced each other and the world