Man walks into a pub : a sociable history of beer
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Man walks into a pub : a sociable history of beer
Macmillan, 2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
A sparkling, premium strength history of beer, served with irreverence and wit by an industry insider.Told in a witty and popular style, this unique take on an amazing and amusing subject is stuffed full of remarkable tales and facts with which to astound your mates down the pub. It's a sozzled tale of fungi, yeast obsessed monks, an Egyptian Goddess, a bear in yellow nylon , and a Canadian bloke who changed the drinking habits of a nation. The history of british beer drinking is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe (the Great Beer Flood of 1814), heroism (beer and the Second World War) and an awful lot of hangovers.
Table of Contents
Section - i: Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements - ii: Acknowledgements
Introduction - iii: Introduction `You should have seen us last night!'
Chapter - 1: `My liver is full of luck' The ancient history of beer drinking
Chapter - 2: `Pissing under the board as they sit' Two thousand years of British boozing
Chapter - 3: `An oblivion of care' The evolution of the pub
Chapter - 4: `The universal Cordial of the Populace' Science, fashion, and the birth of modern beer
Chapter - 5: `Those who are not singing are sprawling' Pubs in the nineteenth century
Chapter - 6: `The greatest of these deadly foes' The fight for the right to get tight
Chapter - 7: `All the culture that is most truly native' When people stopped going to the pub
Chapter - 8: `Keep the bar open, we'll be down in twenty minutes' The home front in World War II
Chapter - 9: `You will be crushed whether you like it or not' How Carling transformed the business of brewing and drinking
Chapter - 10: Saccharomyces carlsbergensis: How lager (eventually) conquered Britain
Chapter - 11: `A diet of Pot Noodles, Mother's Pride and Harp lager' Kegs, casks and the decline of bitter
Chapter - 12: `Drinking the advertising' The age of the mega-brands
Chapter - 13: `It was like anywhere and nowhere' The local goes national
Chapter - 14: `Haven't you got homes to go to?' A sort of epilogue
Chapter - iv: Further reading
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