Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears. Dixon 9780199676057 New**

Weeping Britannia\nby Thomas Dixon\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Thomas Dixon\nTitle: Weeping Britannia\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural history\nPublisher: Oxford University Press\nPublication year: 2015\nISBN-13: 9780199676057\nISBN-10: 0199676054\nRRP: \u00A328.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThere 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. Far from being a persistent element in the ''national character'', the notion of the British stiff upper lip was in.