Weeping Britannia : portrait of a nation in tears
Dixon, Thomas (Thomas M.)2015
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There is a persistent myth about the British: that we are a nation of stoics, with stiff upper lips, repressed emotions, and inactive lachrymal glands. 'Weeping Britannia' - the first history of crying in Britain - comprehensively debunks this myth.
Main title:
Weeping Britannia : portrait of a nation in tears / Thomas Dixon.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Collation:
400 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780199676057 (hbk)
Dewey class:
152.4
Language:
English
BRN:
1434767