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Noblesse oblige : an enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy

2002
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Until Nancy Mitford wrote 'The English Aristocracy', England was unaware of U-usage and its implications. However, others soon joined in the debate that the upper classes were now distinguished solely by their use of language.
Main title:
Noblesse oblige : an enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy / by Alan S.C. Ross ... [et al.] ; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster.
Edition:
[New ed.] / with an introduction by Ned Sherrin.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Collation:
xxxii, 106 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956.Edited by Nancy Mitford.
ISBN:
9780198605201 (pbk)
Dewey class:
306.4408921828.91
Language:
English
BRN:
242984
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