Welcome to Britain


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WELCOME TO BRITAIN is the essential pocket guide for all students who intend to come to Britain. It provides the essential language in a wide range of situations, including coping with life in a host family. Language schools use WELCOME TO BRITAIN in their welcome packs as excellent and immediately useful PR.




Catalogue of the Reference Department


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The London Diplomatic List


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A History of Foreign Students in Britain


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Foreign students have travelled to Britain for centuries and, from the beginning, attracted controversy. This book explores changing British policy and practice, and changing student experience, set within the context of British social and political history.







Letters from England


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In 1807 Robert Southey published a pseudonymous account of a journey made through England by a fictitious Spanish tourist, ‘Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella’. Letters from England (1807) relates Espriella’s travels. On his journey Espriella comments on every aspect of British society, from fashions and manners, to political and religious beliefs.







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The Foreignness of Foreigners


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This collection of essays examines the various encounters between Britain and the Other, from a cultural, racial, ethnic, artistic and social perspective. It investigates the constructions of various figures of the foreigner in the British Isles through representations and discourses in the political and literary fields, as well as in the visual arts from the 17th century to the contemporary period. This volume presents a diverse selection of contributions which offer some common concerns abo ...