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Watching the English, Second Edition: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior Revised and Updated
Kate Fox
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Description for Watching the English, Second Edition: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior Revised and Updated
Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Dimension: 196 x 131. Weight in Grams: 530.
Ten years later, they're still talking about the weather! Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English--which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character--features new and fresh insights on the unwritten rules and foibles of "squaddies," bikers, horse-riders, and more. Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar ... Read more
Ten years later, they're still talking about the weather! Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of Watching the English--which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character--features new and fresh insights on the unwritten rules and foibles of "squaddies," bikers, horse-riders, and more. Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey America
Condition
New
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857886160
SKU
V9781857886160
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Ref
99-99
About Kate Fox
Kate Fox, a social anthropologist, is Co-Director of the Social Issues Research Centre in Oxford and a Fellow of the Institute for Cultural Research. She is also a bestselling author of popular social science. Kate's other books include The Racing Tribe: Watching the Horsewatchers and Drinking and Public Disorder (co-author with Dr Peter Marsh). Kate is regularly invited ... Read more
Reviews for Watching the English, Second Edition: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior Revised and Updated
Fascinating…every aspect of English conversation and behaviour is put under the microscope.
Western Daily Press
A witty and eloquent writer…an affectionate homage to English foibles.
Metro
An entertaining, clever book. Read it.
Daily Telegraph
Western Daily Press
A witty and eloquent writer…an affectionate homage to English foibles.
Metro
An entertaining, clever book. Read it.
Daily Telegraph