New Makers of Modern Culture

Justin Wintle, Editor

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Justin Wintle published the biographical references Makers of Modern Culture and Makers of Nineteenth-Century Culture with Routledge at the beginning of the 1980s. The set was extremely successful and continues to be used to this day, due to the very high quality of the writing, the distinguished contributors, and the cultural sensitivity shown in the selection of those individuals included. New Makers of Modern Culture is the successor to these classic reference works, taking into full account the rise and fall of reputation and influence over the last 25 years and the epochal changes that have occurred: the collapse of Marxism as a valid discourse and the demise of the Soviet Union, the rise and fall of postmodernism, the eruption of Islamic fundamentalism, the triumph of the Internet. With its global reach, New Makers of Modern Culture is not just a reference record, but a multi-voiced witness of the contemporary thinking world.
New Makers of Modern Culture is essential for both higher education and public libraries.

Containing over 800 essay-style entries covering the period from 1850 to the present, New Makers covers artists, writers, dramatists, architects, philosophers, anthropologists, scientists, sociologists, major political figures, composers and many others culturally significant individuals
Thoroughly international coverage
Bibliographies are attached to entries, along with thorough cross-references
A full index of names and key terms

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