Description
| Product ID: | 9780330412209 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Man Walks Into A Pub |
| Subtitle: | A Sociable History of Beer (Fully Updated Second Edition) |
| Authors: | Author: Pete Brown |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Beers and ciders, Beers, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In MAN WALKS INTO A PUB, Pete Brown takes us on a well-lubricated pub-crawl through the amazing story of beer, from the first sacred sip of ancient Egyptian bouza to the last pint of lager on a Friday night. <p>It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire and weak bitter won a world war; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket and a Canadian bloke who changed the dringking habits of a nation. It's also the story of the rise of the pub from humble origins through an epic, thousand-year struggle to survive misunderstanding, bad government and misguided commerce. The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe, heroism and an awful lot of hangovers.<br><br> 'a pleasant antidote to more po-faced histories of beer' <i>Guardian</i><br><br> 'Like a good drinking companion, Brown tells a remarkable story: a stream of fascinating facts, etymologies and pub-related urban phenomena' <i>TLS </i><br><br> 'Packed with bar-room bet-winning facts and entertaining digressions, this is a book into which every pub-goer will want to dip.' <i>Express</i></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-06-04 |
