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Professor Philip Howell (University of Cambridge, UK)

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
03 April 2025

Literary theory; Philosophy: aesthetics; Society & Social Sciences; Popular culture; Material culture

Series: Object Lessons

""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.

By: Professor Philip Howell (University of Cambridge UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 164mm, Width: 116mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 120g
ISBN: 9798765102312
Series: Object Lessons
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 03 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures Pre-Loading 1. Getting There 2. Getting Served 3. Settling In 4. Diversions 5. Last Orders Notes Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

Philip Howell is Professor in Historical Geography at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Reviews for Pub

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 An affectionate prose poem to the pub. -- Lizzie Collingham, writer and food historian A thoughtful, informative and amusing guide to the varying qualities of ‘publand’. -- James Kneale, Professor in Geography, University College London, UK