{"product_id":"9781526194541","title":"Pubs for the people : The fight for the pint and the nation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Valluvan, Sivamohan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEngland\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 20 October 2026 by MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 272 pages, 3 black \u0026amp; white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e223 x 147 x 29 | 412g\u003cp\u003eA heartfelt case for why the English pub still matters and how we can save it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Pubs for the people, Amit Singh and Sivamohan Valluvan offer a daring defence of the humble public house, waging battle against those who see the pub only as a poignant symbol of a bygone England. Making a journey into the nation’s living room, they blend tales of Singh’s father – the founder of London’s first ‘Desi pub’ – with a lively travelogue that carries them from a hipster nightmare in Shoreditch to an izakaya-inspired Eccles pub run by migrants from Hong Kong. Along the way, they take on private equity, yuppie gentrifiers and culture-war blowhards who use the pub as a prop for their rage-baiting patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife today can seem lonelier, angrier and poorer than it did before. But as Singh and Valluvan show, the pub offers the inviting prospect of a more equal, sociable and comfortably multiracial England. -- .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valluvan, Sivamohan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54712952979640,"sku":"9781526194541","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781526194541.jpg?v=1794323344","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781526194541","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}