The English. A Portrait of a People
by Paxman, Jeremy
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Penguin, 1999. Soft Cover. 309 p., index; 19.5 cm. "Being English used to be so easy. They were one of the most easily identified peoples on earth, recognized by their language, their manners, their clothes and the fact that they drank tea by the bucketload. ...the end of empire, the cracks opening in the so-called United Kingdom, the pressures for the English to plunge into Europe, and the uncontrollability of international business-- set me wondering. What did it mean to be English?" Contents incl. The Land of Lost Content, Funny Foreigners, The English Empire, 'True Born Englishmen' and Other Lies, We Happy Few, The Parish of the Senses, Home Alone, There Always Was an England, The Ideal Englishman, Meet the Wife; Old Country, New Clothes; Bibliography, p. 283-296. Paper; minor soiling to covers; VG. stock#45855.
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- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45855
- Title
- The English. A Portrait of a People
- Author
- Paxman, Jeremy
- Format/Binding
- Soft Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140267239
- ISBN 13
- 9780140267235
- Publisher
- Penguin, 1999
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- September 30, 1999
- Keywords
- British Isles
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: Europe; History: England; Great Britain: History; History: Europe;
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