{"product_id":"9781468303582","title":"The English: A Portrait of a People","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOn Royalty\u003c\/i\u003e explores the mysteries of English identity in this “witty, argumentative book bursting with good things” (\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Being English used to be easy. As the dominant culture in a country that dominated an empire that dominated the world, they had little need to examine themselves and ask who they were. But something has happened over the past century. A new self-confidence seems to have taken hold in Wales and Scotland, while others try to forge a new relationship with Europe. What exactly sets the English apart from their British compatriots? Is there such a thing as an English race?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Renowned journalist and bestselling author Jeremy Paxman traces the invention of Englishness to its current crisis and concludes that, for all their characteristic gloom about themselves, the English may have developed a form of nationalism for the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Paxman’s irrepressibly witty bit of Anglo scholarship offers stirring insights.” —\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"ABRAMS, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141400969456,"sku":"9781468303582","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468303582_p0.jpg?v=1763694520","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468303582","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}