The English: A Portrait Of A People
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- Synopsis
- Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is sometimes forced to ask: who or what exactly are the English? And in setting about addressing this most vexing of questions, Paxman discovers answers to a few others. Like: • Why do the English actually enjoy feeling persecuted?• What is behind the English obsession with games?• How did they acquire their odd attitudes to sex and to food?• Where did they get their extraordinary capacity for hypocrisy?Covering history, attitudes to foreigners, sport, stereotypyes, language and much, much more, The English brims over with stories and anecdotes that provide a fascinating portrait of a nation and its people.
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780141922393
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780141032955, 9780141032955, 9780141032955
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 07/23/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Jeremy Paxman
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Grade Levels:
- Twelfth grade
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.