The English
Subtitle: A Portrait of a People
By: Jeremy Paxman
Series: Penguin Celebrations, 9
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780141035147
Copyright date: 1998, 1999
Subjects: English -- Attitudes.; National characteristics, English.; England -- Civilization.; England -- Social life and customs.
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Notes: First published by Michael Joseph 1998
Published with minor revisions in Penguin Books 1999
Reissued in this edition 2007

Printed in England.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; label: 1.
title: The Land of Lost Content
pagenum: 1; label: 2.
title: Funny Foreigners
pagenum: 24; label: 3.
title: The English Empire
pagenum: 43; label: 4.
title: 'True Born Englishmen' and Other Lies
pagenum: 60; label: 5.
title: We Happy Few
pagenum: 77; label: 6.
title: The Parish of the Senses
pagenum: 93; label: 7.
title: Home Alone
pagenum: 115; label: 8.
title: There Always Was an England
pagenum: 141; label: 9.
title: The Ideal Englishman
pagenum: 176; label: 10.
title: Meet the Wife
pagenum: 207; label: 11.
title: Old Country, New Clothes
pagenum: 232; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 267; title: Notes
pagenum: 269; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 283; title: Index
pagenum: 297