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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 390.0941 EAN: 9781857885088 ISBN: 1857885082 Label: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Manufacturer: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: May 25, 2008 Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Studio: Nicholas Brealey Publishing Sales Rank: 4333
Product Description: A bestseller in the UK, Watching the English is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look English Society. Putting the English national character under her anthropological microscope, Fox finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. Through a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments-even using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig-Fox discovers what these unwritten codes tell us about Englishness.
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Rating: - Mid-Atlantic reading on the English
Although international industry analyst firms aim to use similar methods when writing their research, winning sales recommendations still means connecting with the `go-to' analysts in national markets. ... Read More
Rating: - The Social Dis-ease
Social anthroplogist, Kate Fox, has observed the English (she is one) in in all seasons and conditions, and particularly in the places where they are most comfortable. Her books include PUB WATCHING with ... Read More
Rating: - The Bible to the English ways!
A pleasure to read and to smile at some of the most British ways of seeing life and smelling the weather!
Rating: - Watching the English
I've only just begun reading, but so far, it's been quite enjoyable. The author writes with humor. I've some British online friends. I've been able to use tidbits from the book when joking around with them.
Rating: - Excellent Study, Worthwhile Reading
I had read Barzini's well known works on the Europeans and thoroughly enjoyed this book on the English.
The approach is academic yet palatable, laden with insightful observations and well deserves ... Read More
- The Social Dis-ease