Man Walks Into A Pub : A Sociable History of Beer (Fully Updated Second Edition) EPUB
by Pete Brown
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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.
'a pleasant antidote to more po-faced histories of beer' Guardian
'Like a good drinking companion, Brown tells a remarkable story: a stream of fascinating facts, etymologies and pub-related urban phenomena' TLS
'Packed with bar-room bet-winning facts and entertaining digressions, this is a book into which every pub-goer will want to dip.' Express
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- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:11/08/2011
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- ISBN:9780330536806
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:400 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:11/08/2011
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- ISBN:9780330536806