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Author: David Christopher
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 041522053X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish Culture explores the highly varied nature of culture and the arts in Britain today. Each chapter focuses on key themes of recent years, and gives special emphasis to outstanding artists within each area.
Author: Russell Kirk
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-12
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1351532200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is an incontestable fact of history that the United States, although a multiethnic nation, derives its language, mores, political purposes, and institutions from Great Britain. The two nations share a common history, religious heritage, pattern of law and politics, and a body of great literature. Yet, America cannot be wholly confident that this heritage will endure forever. Declining standards in education and the strident claims of multiculturalists threaten to sever the vital Anglo-American link that ensures cultural order and continuity. In "America's British Culture", now in paperback, Russell Kirk offers a brilliant summary account and spirited defense of the culture that the people of the United States have inherited from Great Britain. Kirk discerns four essential areas of influence. The language and literature of England carried with it a tradition of liberty and order as well as certain assumptions about the human condition and ethical conduct. American common and positive law, being derived from English law, gives fuller protection to the individual than does the legal system of any other country. The American form of representative government is patterned on the English parliamentary system. Finally, there is the body of mores - moral habits, beliefs, conventions, customs - that compose an ethical heritage. Elegantly written and deeply learned, "America's British Culture" is an insightful inquiry into history and a plea for cultural renewal and continuity. Adam De Vore in "The Michigan Review" said of the book: "A compact but stimulating tract...a contribution to an over-due cultural renewal and reinvigoration...Kirk evinces an increasingly uncommon reverence for historical accuracy, academic integrity and the understanding of one's cultural heritage," and Merrie Cave in "The Salisbury Review" said of the author: "Russell Kirk has been one of the most important influences in the revival of American conservatism since the fifties. [Kirk] belongs to an
Author: Michael Higgins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-08-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1139827952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation, national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas, such as art, sport, journalism, fashion, education, and race. This Companion addresses these and other major aspects of British culture, and offers a sophisticated understanding of what it means to study and think about the diverse cultural landscapes of contemporary Britain. Each contributor looks at the language through which culture is formed and expressed, the political and institutional trends that shape culture, and at the role of culture in daily life. This interesting and informative account of modern British culture embraces controversy and debate, and never loses sight of the fact that Britain and Britishness must always be understood in relation to the increasingly international context of globalisation.
Author: Jocelyn Wogan-Browne
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13: 1903153476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe essays in this volume form a new cultural history focused round, but not confined to, the presence and interactions of francophone speakers, writers, readers, texts and documents in England from the 11th to the later 15th century.
Author: Jo Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-06-07
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 0521186420
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA multi-level, photocopiable resource book about life in the UK. Exploring British Culture is a resource book of ready-to-teach lessons about life in the UK. It covers 18 key topic areas including History and Politics, Health and Housing, Work and Education, Leisure, the Media and Culture. Each topic area has 3 lessons - for Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced learners. The lessons can be adapted according to class needs and each lesson has suggestions for lesson extension activities and further study. The accompanying Audio CD features recordings of a variety of authentic accents from around the UK.
Author: Lonely Planet
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781741048261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLonely Planet's Language & Culture series goes behind the scenes of languages you thought you knew. Get into the culture and humour behind common - and not so common - English expressions and learn about the local languages that inspired them.
Author: Rosemary C. Salomone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 0190625619
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of languageSpoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca- - its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international politics, English has become commodified for its economic value and increasingly detached from any particular nation. This meteoric "riseof English" has many obvious benefits to communication. Tourists can travel abroad with greater ease. Political leaders can directly engage their counterparts. Researchers can collaborate with foreign colleagues. Business interests can flourish in the global economy.But the rise of English has very real downsides as well. In Europe, imperatives of political integration and job mobility compete with pride in national language and heritage. In the United States and England, English isolates us from the cultural and economic benefits of speaking other languages.And in countries like India, South Africa, Morocco, and Rwanda, it has stratified society along lines of English proficiency.In The Rise of English, Rosemary Salomone offers a commanding view of the unprecedented spread of English and the far-reaching effects it has on global and local politics, economics, media, education, and business. From the inner workings of the European Union to linguistic battles over influence inAfrica, Salomone draws on a wealth of research to tell the complex story of English - and, ultimately, to argue for English not as a force for domination but as a core component of multilingualism and the transcendence of linguistic and cultural borders.
Author: Andrew Whittaker
Publisher: Thorogood Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 1854186272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish culture is strewn with names that strike a chord the world over such as Shakespeare, Churchill, Dickens, Pinter, Lennon and McCartney. This book examines the people, history and movements that have shaped Britain as it now is, providing key information in easily digested chunks.
Author: Jonathan Crowther
Publisher:
Published: 1999-01
Total Pages: 599
ISBN-13: 9780194313322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA richly-illustrated and fascinating source of information about everything that is important in British and American culture.
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2011-04-01
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 1611450071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.
