Pub
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2025
160 pages
979-8-7651-0233-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian Faulks
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In this unique book, Philip Howell takes the public house as an object, or rather as a series of objects: he takes the pub apart and examines its constituent elements, from pub signs to the bar staff to the calling of "time." But Pub also explores the hidden features of the pub, such as corporate control, cultural acceptance and exclusion, and the role of the pub in communities.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In this unique book, Philip Howell takes the public house as an object, or rather as a series of objects: he takes the pub apart and examines its constituent elements, from pub signs to the bar staff to the calling of "time." But Pub also explores the hidden features of the pub, such as corporate control, cultural acceptance and exclusion, and the role of the pub in communities.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-0233-6 (9798765102336)
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Content
List of Figures
Pre-Loading
1. Getting There
2. Getting Served
3. Settling In
4. Diversions
5. Last Orders
Notes
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
Pre-Loading
1. Getting There
2. Getting Served
3. Settling In
4. Diversions
5. Last Orders
Notes
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
