| Interviewee | Dr. Joseph Kett |
| Interviewer | Carol Spalding Miner |
| Subject | Cultural Litreracy |
Copyright 1988 Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Summary:
Professor Joseph Kett, Chairman of the Department of History at the University of Virginia, discusses his work on The Cultural Literacy Dictionary, which he co-authored with fellow professors James Trefil and E.D. Hirsch, Jr. The Dictionary aims to help the average American understand terminology that those in the field that are “culturally literate” assume are common knowledge.
Keywords:
sociology, cultural literacy, political science, dictionaries, terminology
Kett, Joseph. (1988). Interviewed by C. Miner [Video Recording]. Worth Quoting. YouTube, Jacksonville, Florida.
Run time: 29 minutes