The English

A Portrait of A People

Jeremy Paxman (Autor)

Jeremy Paxman (Sprecher)

Audio-Cassette

4 Seiten

2001 | Abridged edition
Penguin Audiobooks (Verlag)
978-0-14-180334-0 (ISBN)

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In the light of membership of Europe, the loss of an Empire and a devolved United Kingdom, the English no longer know who they are. This is the study of the English. It covers various aspects of the English identity (from cricket to Cumberland sausages, St George to Bernie Grant, the "Book of Common Prayer" to Cool Britannia).

This is a brilliantly researched, hugely entertaining study of the English, written and read by Britain's best-known broadcaster. In the light of membership of Europe, the loss of an Empire and a devolved United Kingdom, the English no longer know who they are. Covering every aspect of the English identity (from cricket to Cumberland sausages, St George to Bernie Grant, the "Book of Common Prayer" to Cool Britannia, John Bull to football thugs) and combining popular history with incisive interviews, Jeremy Paxman provides some fascinating and timely answers.

Jeremy Paxman was born in Yorkshire and now lives in London and Oxfordshire. He is the main anchor man for Newsnight, chairman of University Challenge and a frequent reviewer.

The land of the lost content; funny foreigners; the English empire; "true born Englishman; we happy few; the parish of senses; home alone; there always was an England; the ideal Englishman; meet the wife; old country, new country.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.10.2001
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	108 x 142 mm
Gewicht	222 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-14-180334-7 / 0141803347
ISBN-13	978-0-14-180334-0 / 9780141803340
Zustand	Neuware