{"product_id":"watching-the-english-kate-fox-9781857886160","title":"Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior","description":"\u003cb\u003eUpdated, with new research and over 100 revisions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ten years later, they're still talking about the weather! Kate Fox, the social anthropologist who put the quirks and hidden conditions of the English under a microscope, is back with more biting insights about the nature of Englishness. This updated and revised edition of \u003ci\u003eWatching the English \u003c\/i\u003e- which over the last decade has become the unofficial guidebook to the English national character - features new and fresh insights on the unwritten rules and foibles of \"squaddies,\" bikers, horse-riders, and more. \u003cbr\u003eFox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid pantomime rule. Class anxiety tests. The roots of English self-mockery and many more. An international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eWatching the English\u003c\/i\u003e is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look at the English and their society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Fox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 185788616X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781857886160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Brealey Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.60d","brand":"Kate Fox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133519425791,"sku":"9781857886160","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31997606-a661-42d1-abab-8f00f18f46a4.jpg?v=1687486612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/watching-the-english-kate-fox-9781857886160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}