Noblesse oblige : an enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy / by Alan S.C. Ross ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Ned Sherrin ; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster ; [edited by Nancy Mitford]

Ross, Alan Strode Campbell
Noblesse oblige : an enquiry into the identifiable characteristics of the English aristocracy / by Alan S.C. Ross ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Ned Sherrin ; illustrated by Osbert Lancaster ; [edited by Nancy Mitford] [R]. -- New York : Oxford University Press (OUP), 2002

Originally published: London : H. Hamilton, 1956. -- Contenido: Introduction / Ned Sherrin ; U and non-U / Alan S.C. Ross ; The English aristocracy / Nancy Mitford ; An open letter to the Hon. Mrs. Peter Rodd (Nancy Mitford) on a very serious subject / Evelyn Waugh ; Posh lingo / 'Strix' ; What U-future? / Christopher Sykes ; How to get on in society / John Betjeman.

1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE -- SOCIAL ASPECTS -- GREAT BRITAIN; 2. ARISTOCRACY (SOCIAL CLASS) -- LANGUAGE -- GREAT BRITAIN; 3. SPEECH AND SOCIAL STATUS -- GREAT BRITAIN; 4. NOBILITY -- LANGUAGE -- GREAT BRITAIN; 5. SOCIAL CLASSES -- GREAT BRITAIN; 6. SOCIOLOGY; 7. GREAT BRITAIN -- SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS I. Mitford, Nancy

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