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British Civilization introduces all the important aspects of contemporary Britain to students of English language and British Studies. The themes surveyed include the people, political institutions, international relations, the legal system, economic and industrial institutions, social services, education, the media, religion and leisure. Each chapter consists of one theme and is structured with descriptive material and illustrations, a section on attitudes of British people towards the theme and exercises and essays at the end to test comprehension. This fifth edition has been extensively revised and includes: updates bringing the material covered up to 2001 a combined chapter on political institutions and local government, focusing on devolution and its effects the introduction of more debate and 'cultural' material new further reading sections at the end of each chapter an updated set of illustrations.
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'John Oakland is the doyen of civilization studies.' -- British Studies Now
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John Oakland is Senior Lecturer in English at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the author (with David Mauk) of American Civilization (now in its 4th edition), Contemporary Britain and British Civilization: A Student's Dictionary (now in its 2nd edition).
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 041526149X
- ISBN 13 9780415261494
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number5
- Number of pages304
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