Makers of Modern Culture: A Biographical Dictionary

by Justin Wintle

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This volume provides lively and clearly written expositions of those figures who have done most to shape our views in the period since 1914. Music, cinema, drama, art, fiction, poetry and philosophy are just some of the fields covered

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Justin Wintle

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Justin Wintle is an English author, editor, and journalist who has made contributions to a variety of media outlets. Born in London, the son of film and television producer Julian Wintle, he was educated at Stowe School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He is also chairman of the Binh Hoa Massacre Trust Fund.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 920.009 — History & geography Biographies, Genealogy, Healdry Biographies General and collective by localities
LCC: CT120 .M36 — Auxiliary Sciences of History Biography Biography General collective biography

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