Book Description
Simple Guide to England, as with all titles in this Simple Guides' Customs and Etiquette series, offers the reader a unique focus on the customs, etiquette and way of life in England today, providing a wealth of 'insider' knowledge in an easily accessed, pocket book format. This second edition is fully updated and revised, in the new Simple Guides format.
From the Publisher
Simple Guide to England is part of a series of Simple Guides, which aim to ensure that the traveller gains a knowledge of common courtesies, basic manners and culturally sensitive taboos in the country being visited. He or she is therefore empowered by an understanding of cultural differences which will help to make a success of the visit, whether it is for business or pleasure. Essential reading for all discerning travellers, Simple Guide to England will also be of interest to the general reader in today's multi-cultural world.
From the Back Cover
The Simple Guide to England's Customs & Etiquette will help you: Gain an insider feel to the place; Feel at home in the company of English people; Avoid faux pas in conversation, in travelling, in personal relationships.
About the Author
Peter Hobday has had an extensive career in journalism and broadcasting, including 15 years as a presenter of BBC's flagship daily news and current affairs radio programme Today. He is also author of In the Valley of the Fireflies - his own account of life and living in Umbria, Italy, his next favourite place after England. He is today highly regarded freelance broadcaster and conference speaker. Paul Norbury is the publisher of Simple Guides and Global Oriental as well as the Japan Library imprint of Curzon Press. He is the author of Aspects of the British Way of Life and British Institutions (University of Trbingen) as well as numerous publications for students of English as a second language.
Excerpted from Simple Guide to England; Customs & Etiquette by Peter Hobday. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
'People often ask "What is the nature of Englishness? What are the special characteristics of English people?" In 1998, there was a TV discussion on the subject when a number of 'personalities' were asked to give their views. The famous English cricket umpire, Dickie Byrd, now retired, mentioned the following 'key words' which he thought described Englishness: Beer, Honesty, Bulldog-type, Royal Family, Cricket, the Weather, and used phrases such as "comradeship and friendship", "not giving up when things get tough".'
The Simple Guide To England: Customs And Etiquette FROM THE PUBLISHER
The British may be our cousins across the Atlantic, but the potential for family misunderstanding remains. To help travelers enjoy the new, more relaxed "Blair Britain" while being aware just how much of the traditional British reserve still exists, Peter Hobday has updated his indispensable guide to the inscrutable English. Travelers for business and pleasure will welcome his insights into such quintessentially British topics as royalty and class, animals and pets, and the all-important pub. Here, too, is the lowdown on food, first names, money and business, politics, approaches to friendship and sex, with an invaluable language guide to English as it's spoken in its birthplace.
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