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"Not so long ago, everybody knew who the English were. They were "polite, unexcitable, reserved, and had hot-water bottles instead of a sex life." As the dominant culture in a country that dominated an empire that dominated the world, they had had little need to examine themselves and ask who they were. But something has happened.".
"A new self-confidence seems to have taken hold in Wales and Scotland, while everyone tries to forge a new relationship with Europe. The English are being forced to ask what it is that makes them who they are. The Bulldog Breed ("Fearless and philistine, safe in taxis and invaluable in shipwrecks") has no place any longer.".
"The English is a probing, irreverent, and immensely colorful look at the meaning of Englishness. It asks the questions: What are the defining features of Englishness? What is behind the English obsession with games? Is there such a thing as an English race? What inviolable English traits remain to win the affection of Anglophiles, raise the ire of Anglo-critics, and pique the curiosity of Anglo-watchers here and abroad?".
"The English traces the invention of Englishness to its current crisis and concludes that, for all their characteristic gloom about themselves, the English may have developed a form of nationalism for the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
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Social life and customs, Real lives, Civilization, Attitudes, Penguin biography, English, English National characteristics, Biography, History, Nationalcharakter, Manners and customs, New York Times reviewed, Volkskarakter, Nationale kenmerken, Culturele identiteit, Anglais, Ouvrages humoristiques, Histoire des mentalités, Caractère national anglais, Civilisation, National characteristics, english, Great britain, civilization, England, social life and customsPeople
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The English: A Portrait of a People
2007, Penguin Books
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The English
Nov 08, 2002, Penguin Books, Limited (UK), E-Penguin
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The English: A Portrait of a People
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The English: A Portrait of a People
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-296) and index.
Originally published: London : Michael Joseph, 1998.
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