by Jeremy Paxman · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140267235
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«The English: A Portrait of a People» is Jeremy Paxman's essay on English identity, published by Penguin in paperback (320 pages, in English).
In this essay, Jeremy Paxman examines what it means to be English, distinguishing the English from the rest of the British. Through history, stereotypes, sport, language and attitudes towards foreigners, he seeks to explain their collective insecurity, their fondness for feeling persecuted, their relationship with food and sex, and their capacity for hypocrisy.
Non-fiction work on history and cultural studies, published in 1999 by Penguin.
For readers interested in British cultural history, social anthropology and the debate on national identity.
Jeremy Dickson Paxman is an English former broadcaster, journalist and author, born in Yorkshire.
