British Civilization - Softcover

Oakland, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415261503 ISBN 13: 9780415261500

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

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 including: 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.

About this title

Review:

'John Oakland is the doyen of civilization studies.' -- British Studies Now

About the Author:

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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415261503
• ISBN 13: 9780415261500
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 304