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  • Pub

    Series series Object Lessons
    "Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian FaulksObject 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 ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • At Home and Astray

    The Domestic Dog in Victorian Britain

    de Philip Howell ...
    Although the British consider themselves a nation of dog lovers, what we have come to know as the modern dog came into existence only after a profound, and relatively recent, transformation in that country’s social attitudes and practices. In At Home and Astray, Philip Howell focuses on Victorian Britain, and especially London, to show how the dog’s changing place in society was the subject of ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Releasing the Commons

    Rethinking the futures of the commons

    Edición de Ash Amin, Philip Howell ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Human Geography
    This book moves beyond seeing the commons in the past tense, an entity passed over from the public into the private, to reimagine the commons as a process, a contest of force, a reconstitution, and a site of convening practices. It highlights new spaces of gathering opening up, such as the digital commons, and new practices of being in common, such as community economies and solidarity networks. ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History

    Edición de Hilda Kean, Philip Howell ...
    Series series Routledge Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History provides an up-to-date guide for the historian working within the growing field of animal-human history. Giving a sense of the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of the field, cutting-edge contributions explore the practices of and challenges posed by historical studies of animals and animal-human relationships.Divided into three parts, the ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Pub

    Object Lessons

    Narrado por Tim Frances ...
    Series series Object Lessons

    Completo

    2 hora 44 minutos

    Bloomsbury presents Pub by Philip Howell, read by Tim Frances"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian FaulksObject Lessons is a series of short 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 ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

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  • Man Walks Into A Pub

    A Sociable History of Beer (Fully Updated Second Edition)

    de Pete Brown ...
    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 ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Notes On A Beermat

    Drinking and Why It's Necessary

    First published in 2001 to national acclaim, Notes on a Beermat is Nicholas Pashley’s ode to the amber nectar of the gods, a witty meditation on beer and everything that goes with it—from socializing to the solitary pleasures of a beer and a book, to the qualities necessary in a good pub.Most books about beer focus on the beverage itself, how to make it and how to buy it. Notes on a Beermat, the ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Anthropology and Development

    Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World

    In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and development from anthropological perspectives gives illuminating answers to questions such as these. This ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Tasting Pleasure

    Confessions of a Wine Lover

    A classic book about the pleasures of wine by the editor of The Oxford Companion to WineEven the French admit that Jancis Robinson is the "undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wine" (Le Figaro) and her is vintage memoir of a life in wine. Internationally renowned for her work in both television and print, she is the editor of the bestselling Oxford Companion to Wine and has won more than two ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Inventing the Future

    Postcapitalism and a World Without Work

    This major new manifesto offers a “clear and compelling vision of a postcapitalist society” and shows how left-wing politics can be rebuilt for the 21st century (Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism)Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Australia - Culture Smart!

    The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

    Series series Culture Smart!
    Australia is different—a vast island-continent with distances so great that the capital of Western Australia is closer to Singapore than it is to Sydney. The landscape embraces magnificent tropical rainforests and deserts the size of several European states; temperate areas that sustain a flourishing wine industry, making Australia the world's fourth largest wine exporter; a sixteen-thousand-mile ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Environmental Law

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory techniques. In theory, environmental protection is a no brainer. Few people would actively argue for pollution or environmental destruction. Ensuring a clean environment is ethically desirable, and also sensible ... Leer más

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