by Jonathan Crowther, Kathryn Kavanagh, Varios Autores · Oxford University Press España, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194313322
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«Oxford Guide to British and American Culture» is the cultural guide by Jonathan Crowther and Kathryn Kavanagh, published by Oxford University Press España in paperback (607 pages, in English).
Reference work explaining how Britons and Americans live: their history, literature, art, customs, sports, institutions and daily life. It includes over 10,000 encyclopedic entries and some 250 monographs on topics such as education, Hollywood, politics, religion or Shakespeare, with more than 500 illustrations and 32 pages of maps and colour photographs. Designed for intermediate to advanced learners of English.
Originally published in 1999 and marketed in Spain as an English-language edition for language learning (ELT/ESL).
Aimed at learners of English who want to understand British and American culture, and at readers seeking an illustrated reference work on both countries.
Jonathan Crowther is a British crossword compiler who has for over 50 years composed the Azed cryptic crossword in The Observer Sunday newspaper. He was voted "best British crossword setter" in a poll of crossword setters conducted by The Sunday Times in 1991 and in the same year was chosen as "the crossword compilers' crossword compiler" in The Observer Magazine "Experts' Expert" feature.
