About the book
Social anthropologist Kate Fox turns the tools of her discipline on the English, decoding the hidden rules behind their quirks, habits and foibles. Her subject is typical English behaviour, studied through her own fieldwork. The revised and updated edition adds survey data to support the original field findings, backs earlier observations with further research and experiments, and brings in new rules, new subcultures, new chapters and more than 100 updates. Fox treats national character as a set of unwritten codes that outsiders can learn to read. The book has sold over half a million copies, has been translated into many languages and is used as a set text on university anthropology courses.
Cat Williams-Treloar, founder of Humanisation, bought it in 2006 after moving from Australia to the UK and found it full of explanations for British behaviour; she says it kicked off an enjoyable five years there.
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Cat Williams-Treloar (Founder/Humanisation)
I remember very fondly when I moved from Australia to the UK. The cultural differences were small, but there were still things I didn't understand such as why people talked about the weather or decorated bathrooms. In 2006 I bought "Watching the English" by Kate Fox. It was a treasure trove of explanations about British behaviour. It certainly kicked off an enjoyable five years in the UK.
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