From taverns to gastropubs : food, drink, and sociality in England / Christel Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Christel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bars (Drinking establishments)--England--History.

Bars (Drinking establishments).

Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects--England--History.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--England--History.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Drinking behavior--England--History.

Drinking behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

The pub is a prominent social institution integral to British identity. This text charts the social historical development of the English public house culminating in the contemporary gastropub. It explores issues of class, gender, and national identification through the lens of taverns, inns, and pubs through time.

Contents:

The historical development of taverns, inns, and public houses

The social identity of hosts and patrons

Eating out in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the contest between English and French foods

Eating out in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: changes in food and in social identities

Publicans between the state and the brewers: a subordinate relationship

The gastropub and its divided identity: drink, food, and sociality

Social and national identity: a focus on class, gender, and nation

The future of the pub: are gastropubs the saviour or the nemesis of the traditional pub?

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256064-6

0-19-186513-3

0-19-256063-8