Pub
by Philip Howell
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Pub Date Jan 09 2025 | Archive Date Jan 09 2025
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Description
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.
Advance Praise
"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." - Sebastian Faulks
"I never expected to read a philosophically alert book on British pubs ... Philip Howell breathes life into this well-known but poorly understood object." - Graham Harman, Professor of Philosophy, Southern California Institute of Architecture, USA
"A thoughtful, informative and amusing guide to the varying qualities of ‘publand’." - James Kneale, Professor in Geography, University College London, UK
"An affectionate prose poem to the pub." - Lizzie Collingham, writer and food historian
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798765102312 |
| PRICE | $14.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 160 |
