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Meaning of Culture

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“Culture” is on everyone’s lips these days, but it is too difficult to define. Please refer to the following expressions in some important literature.

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Pan, Y. (2012). Meaning of Culture. In: Cultural Composition. Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28157-0_2

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