title: Britain - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture
author:  Paul Norbury 
description: <div>&quot;<I>Culture Smart</I>&#160;has come to the rescue of hapless travellers.&quot; &mdash;<I>Sunday Times Travel</I></div><br /><br /><div>&quot;The perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries.&quot; &mdash;<I>Global Travel</I></div>
zlib_text: **ENCYCLOPEDIA OF**
  
   **CONTEMPORARY**
  
   **BRITISH CULTURE**
  
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  **ENCYCLOPEDIA OF**
  
   **CONTEMPORARY**
  
   **BRITISH CULTURE**
  
  Edited by
  
  Peter Childs and Mike Storry
  
  London and New York
  
  First published 1999
  
  by Routledge
  
  11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
  
  Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge
  
  29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
  
  _Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group_ This edition
  published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
  
  © 1999 Routledge
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or
  utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now
  known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any
  information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from
  the publishers.
  
  _British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data_ A catalogue record for this
  book is available from the British Library _Library of Congress Catalo