Bitter-sweet conversions: changing times for the British pub

Article Abstract:

'Folk' and 'popular' cultures are described as two contrasting cultural alternatives. While folk culture is non-faddish and characterized by variation, popular culture involves constant adoption, conformation and abandonment of ever-changing modes of behavior. The changes that the traditional English public house (pub) underwent is one example of of a move from folk to popular culture. Although pubs were traditionally rural, changes in the British cultural and economic landscape have made it necessary for 'country' pubs to shed off traditional styles and become vanguards of popular rather than folk culture.

Social aspects, United Kingdom, Bars, saloons, etc., Bars (Drinking establishments), Popular culture, Ethnophilosophy

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A woman passing through: Helen Chaddick and the maturation of the empire in British Central Africa

Article Abstract:

Helen Chaddick travelled extensively from the mid-1880s to the beginning of the first world war. She was one of the first European women to enter European-held non-western territory, and as such represented the beginning of a new era. Her most adventurous journey was in 1898, when she visited the four states of British Central Africa, South Africa and Rhodesia. Her main contribution to understanding the imperial process in the world was as an observer, but she must also be regarded as a participant.

History, Influence, Imperialism, Women travelers, Chaddick, Helen

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