From Taverns to Gastropubs

The pub is a prominent social institution integral to British identity. <em>From Taverns of Gastropubs: Food Drink and Sociality in England</em> charts the historical development of the English public house from the Restoration period to the twenty-first century culminating in the contemporary<br>gastropub. It explores issues of class gender and national identification to understand the social identity of patrons and how publicans conceive of their establishments' organizational identity. <p/>In the context of large-scale pub closures since the 1990s the gastropub is viewed as both a reaction to the traditional drinking pub and as a promising alternative. <em>From Taverns to Gastropubs</em> uses historical diaries industry reports and a wealth of in-depth interviews in order to understand the<br>rise of the gastropub and how food drink and sociality has changed through time.<br>